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[hope3fully]

12a practical expert, mostly genuine and no nonsense, bound by obligation 12 25a it could describe spine of issues or otherwise 10 23d brutal guards in exercise say this to get attention 4

[boxtops]

Every week I need to ask you, hope3fully - any letters so far, please?

[bulliver]

23d psst

[sandyRoe]

25 backbone? it helps if you give the number of letters in each answer

[factor-fiction]

I think hope3fully ha smentione dthe number of letters but it's not clear.
It's beetre to put each clue on a new line, put the number of letters in brackets and set out the letters you have so far