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Requesting to inform about nothing legal (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soliciting

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

'inform about nothing legal' is the wordplay.
'inform' becomes 'sing' (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'legal' becomes 'licit' (similar in meaning).
'o'+'licit'='olicit'
'sing' placed around 'olicit' is 'SOLICITING'.

'to' is the link.

(Another definition for soliciting that I've seen is " Touting for work (as a prostitute)".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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