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Crumbling Art Deco villa not right for the good life (2,5,4)

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la dolce vita

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'the good life' is the definition.
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'crumbling art deco villa not right' is the wordplay.
'crumbling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'art'+'deco'+'villa'='artdecovilla'
'artdecovilla' with 'r' removed is 'atdecovilla'.
'atdecovilla' with letters rearranged gives 'LA DOLCE VITA'.

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(Other definitions for la dolce vita that I've seen before include "Fellini film about hedonistic lifestyle" , "Nieteen sixty Fellini film" , "bed of roses?" , "The good life (Italian)" , "1960s film by Fellini" .)

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