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Sanctioned radical ideals to gain support (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legalised

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'sanctioned radical ideals to gain support' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'ideals to gain support' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'ideals' is 'alised' which is present in the answer.
'support' could be 'leg' (leg is a kind of support) and 'leg' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for legalised that I've seen is " no longer considered as criminal".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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