The missing husband gets name published regularly: perfect! (3,3,2,3)
I believe the answer is:
ten out of ten
'perfect' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'the missing husband gets name published regularly' is the wordplay.
'missing' is a deletion indicator.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'gets name' becomes 'n' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'published' becomes 'out' (a published book is 'out').
'regularly' becomes 'often' (often means regularly or frequently).
'the' with 'h' taken away is 'te'.
'te'+'n'+'out'+'often'='TEN OUT OF TEN'
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