Rte Guide 39 ~ Rosebud ~

[poorclare]

17d The...best-selling mag, in short, to reserve for your travels? (9) ?u?u?????Dissolute
19d Is it a hunger or thirst...or just down to lust (8) Y???????

23a Dissolute hobo, note well in short, can socialise like snobs too! (6) ?m????
28a Can be so strengthened once fired right properly (10) ?l?????c?d

Thanking you

[donny48]

19 yearning

[cashier]

19. Yearning?

[mac44]

2a. reinforced

[cashier]

28. Reinforced

[donny48]

23 hobnob

[mac44]

that should be 28a.

[donny48]

23 anagram of hobo + nb( note well )

[poorclare]

That leaves me with the letters for 17d ?u?u?b?o?, looks like something book
Thanking you

[cashier]

17 guidebook?

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure how teh wordplay works for guidebook but it looks the most likely answer to me. Where was your second U from?
Does the clue include the dots?

[poorclare]

just realised that it is Guidebook, so it mean I have 21a They're always there so that you get used about what's owed, I had Used now I think that must be Deed ?

[fiction-factory]

dues?

[fiction-factory]

What pattern do you have?

[jollyroger66]

Dues ( used about/anagram)

[Shenco]

Rte Guide 39
I wracked my brains on the thinking behind the clue for
17d The ... best-selling mag, in short, to reserve for your travels? Here's what I came up with....
The best selling mag is of course... The rte GUIDE and to reserve for your travels...is... to BOOK. So put em together GUIDEBOOK :-)