The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SOLVERS
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More clues leading to the result SOLVERS
- You left deliveries outside, on top of step
- Sad lover’s essentially missing you
- You translated poetry on the Sun
- People like you — extremely passionate types, missing nothing
- Your counterparts alone in possession of very right answers at last
- Very good fans, nothing less – fans of 10?
- Sunday cryptic lovers - people doing the puzzle
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The straight part
We know that "fans of 10?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fans of 10? = solvers.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.