Belfast Telegraph - Please Help!

[valerie1]

9a they're hopeful when a prints sent (9)

12a the first complaint is rubbish (5). ???s?

21a. People note the bone is inside (5). ?r???

[factor-fiction]

aspirents?

[factor-fiction]

t rash

[Captain2]

12a T-rash

[pixie373]

21 t rib e

[factor-fiction]

The spelling should be ASPIRANTS

[factor-fiction]

^ but I can't get that that from the clue

[factor-fiction]

when = as

[factor-fiction]

so anagram of AS A PRINT'S ( I assume clue had an apostrophe)

[valerie1]

I have been silly with 7a I thought the answer was dishonest! But it has confused me can you enlighten me?

[Captain2]

What's the clue valerie - we don't all have the publication

[valerie1]

I have been silly with 7a I thought the answer was dishonest! But it has confused me can you enlighten me?
7a Deceitful criminal? That's not true! (9) ???????o?

[Mamyalynne]

Falsehood