Saw the extremes, permitted and accepted without suspicion (9)

I believe the answer is:

swallowed

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'accepted without suspicion' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'saw the extremes permitted' is the wordplay.
'the extremes' means to remove the middle letters.
'permitted' becomes 'allowed' ('allow' can be a synonym of 'permit').
'saw' with its middle removed is 'sw'.
'sw'+'allowed'='SWALLOWED'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for swallowed that I've seen before include "believed" , "Ingested" , "Gulped" , "Meekly accepted" , "drunk maybe" .)

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

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