The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 47: Viola masturbates 6th virtuoso!(7)

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A clue to FIDDLER.
4 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.I'm not keen on this sort of gratuitous smut
2.The rather vulgar surface reading is off-putting.
3.Cluing most of FIDDLER by FIDDLE in the same sense is hardly very cryptic, among other objections
4.Using viola for FIDDLE isn't very imaginative