The five clue words are derived from an answer word that’s made up of at least eight letters, none of which is repeated. The letters of each clue word appear in the answer word in left-to-right order, though, not necessarily consecutively. For example: the letters in Colt can be found in Complexity, as can the letters in Comply, Exit, Met and Pity. Every letter of the answer appears at least once in the clue words, and one clue word in each set appears in the answer intact (Exit in the example).

As has become traditional, win bonus points and the admiration of your peers for using all five clues and the answer in a suitable sentence.

-1. ire, use, bid, hoe, rose
-2. pie, rig, fat, ate, pole
-3. mat, laic, pole, bet, rot
-4. fed, aid, rite, sigh, ate
-5. whit, oft, own, sit, dot
-6. cop, yot, sad, note, sped
-7. cur, men, out, day, cent
-8. sin, urn, ban, sue, mar
-9. rev, sly, guy, rosy, ivy
-10. ant, mire, cat, set, mint

5. downshift

9.

A SLY GUY who lived in Kiev
Said ROSY caused his heart to REV
But she treated him so GRIEVOUSLY
He rejoined one he'd loved previously
And went back to sweet IVY in Kharkiv

PJ, good solve!

Sondi, that's just brilliant!

1. ire, use, bid, hoe, rose - birdhouse

A BIRDHOUSE was put up for barter.
A man offered a HOE, ROSE, and garter.
The owner, filled with much IRE,
Vowed he'd rather set it on fire,
And said, "USE some sense and BID smarter."

You're a poet, Jema!

4. farsighted

I gave out a long SIGH once I realized that I ATE what was supposed to be FED to the dog, a troublesome RITE caused by glasses that do not AID my FARSIGHTED dilemma.

2. profligate
3. problematic
10. miscreant

Excellent work, Cue!

PJ, great answers!

here's a couple more...

7. documentary
8. submarine

6. syncopated

As I SPED by the COP I wondered if he would be giving me a SAD NOTE asking for donations for the policeman's ball. Sure enough, this ticket was YOT to the other invitations that I had in my glove box that were often the cause of my SYNCOPATED journeys.

Nicely finished off, guys!