Gather urgent request needs time (5)
I believe the answer is:
pleat
'gather' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'urgent request needs time' is the wordplay.
'urgent request' becomes 'plea' (I've seen this before).
'needs' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't'.
'plea'+'t'='PLEAT'
(Other definitions for pleat that I've seen before include "Gather" , "Fold in a skirt" , "Fold sewn or pressed into cloth" , "work on skirt?" , "Flat fold of cloth" .)