Seemed legitimate in collecting the dole (6)
I believe the answer is:
looked
'seemed' is the definition.
('look' can be a synonym of 'seem')
'legitimate in collecting the dole' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'legitimate' could be 'ok' and 'ok' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'dole' is 'loed' which is within the left over letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for looked that I've seen before include "Appeared" , "Directed one's gaze towards" , "Direct one's gaze towards" , "Directed one' s gaze towards" .)