The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 30: Show live ratty broadcast (7,2)

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Lots of "vile tarty" anagrams (and derivatives) 9, 25, 35, 36, 55 & 56, and a couple of "vile ratty" ones to boot, 4, 30 & 38 (personal opinion, 38 was the more unique look at this option).

It seems there have also been a lot of "live/evil/vile try at" clues posted: 1, 5, 11, 21, 47, 49 & 57. For most of these I'll be blunt and say that they didn't surface read correctly to me. One might say "there's an interesting cake to try at the cafe", but I wouldn't say "I'll have a try at tennis/writing/live broadcasting." Maybe I'm missing the point, being an amateur here, but thought I'd mention it.

A few "levity", "verity" and "trivial" clues and I've counted at least 48 anagrams (didn't double check), 16 of them, not surprisingly, using "broadcast" as the anagrind. Mine was among the anagrams, but I was still surprised to see so many.