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Right to support very good petition (7)

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I believe the answer is:

solicit

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'petition' is the definition.
(both can mean to request or implore)

'right to support very good' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'licit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to support' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'very good' becomes 'so' (as in the adjectival form 'just so!').
'licit' after 'so' is 'SOLICIT'.

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(Other definitions for solicit that I've seen before include "Request urgently and/or persistently" , "Try to obtain (something) from someone" , "Seek to obtain, ask earnestly" , "Invite, beg for" , "Ask (favour)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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