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Exploit at length advantageously (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

usefully

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'advantageously' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'exploit at length' is the wordplay.
'exploit' becomes 'use' (use can mean to exploit).
'at length' becomes 'fully' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'use'+'fully'='USEFULLY'

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(Other definitions for usefully that I've seen before include "quite profitably" , "in a way that's beneficial" , "in an advantageous way" , "in helpful manner" , "Advantageously" .)

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