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American visiting The Ritz all obey — volatile player? (9,6)

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elizabeth taylor

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'american visiting the ritz all obey volatile' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'visiting' indicates putting letters inside.
'volatile' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'ritz'+'all'+'obey'='theritzallobey'
'theritzallobey' is an anagram of 'elizbethtaylor'.
'a' inserted inside 'elizbethtaylor' is 'ELIZABETH TAYLOR'.

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(Other definitions for elizabeth taylor that I've seen before include "Eight times married British-American actress, d. 2011" , "Hollywood actress" .)

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