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Exploit totally and effectively (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

usefully

'effectively' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'exploit totally' is the wordplay.
'exploit' becomes 'use' (use can mean to exploit).
'totally' becomes 'fully'.
'use'+'fully'='USEFULLY'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for usefully that I've seen before include "in an advantageous way" , "Advantageously" , "In a productive manner" , "in a way that's beneficial" , "To produce a benefit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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