In other words

The eight 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 envy of your friends by using all five clues and the answer in a suitable sentence.

-1. cat, lute, bra, bid, lad
-2. fin, pane, her, ate, hid
3. toe, ant, mar, shop, mire
-4. spit, opt, pal, tale, hob
-5. oil, mid, foal, orb, ride
-6. aged, far, ash, fit, site
-7. mar, men, day, cur, dot
-8. ace, man, ore, ian, port

2. pathfinder

Hi Rog.

1. lubricated

As I bid good morning to a lad playing a lute, a cat scurried by, slipped on the grass lubricated by dew, and got tangled in my bra hanging on the clothesline.

7. documentary
The Mona Lisa was saved by some good men the day the cur tried to mar it with a dot of day-glo orange paint.

5. formidable

The midway ride was formidable featuring gargoyles and mythological foal on a sky-high oil slick orb circulating in opposite directions.

All good

...what kind of substances have you two ladies been imbibing??!!

We know it's bourbon for Cheryl, not sure what Michele likes.

8 importance

Looks good, flotsam!

4. hospitable

Hi Rog.

Hi Remi - good one!

I had forgotten my sentence, so I added it to my previous post.

...and a little gem it was!

6. farsighted

6. farsighted

I wasn't FARSIGHTED enough to realize my ASH could have AGED FAR beyond being FIT at any exercise SITE

Oops...manxman zipped in while I was typing...

Honours shared!