Requested section authorised in dictionary (9)

I believe the answer is:

solicited

'requested' is the definition.
(soliciting is a kind of requesting)

'section authorised in dictionary' is the wordplay.
'section' becomes 's' (legal abbreviation).
'authorised' becomes 'licit' (licit can mean authorised or allowed).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'dictionary' becomes 'OED' (Oxford English Dictionary).
'licit' going within 'oed' is 'olicited'.
's'+'olicited'='SOLICITED'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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