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Removed “Authorise to take action about” (7)

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I believe the answer is:

deleted

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'removed' is the definition.
(deleting is a kind of removing)

'take action about' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'delete' (deleting is a kind of taking).
'action about' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'delete'+'d'='DELETED'

'authorise to' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for deleted that I've seen before include "Effaced" , "Erased" , "Expunged" , "Struck out" , "Removed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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