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[dave1948]

Last two,

18a Hamlet gets the job (5)
P?A?E
Obvious answer is place (=job) but why Hamlet ?

4d Place according to Luke is dry ? There is no alternative (4)
?A?N

Thank you

[frugalfred]

18a place? a hamlet is a small village

[dannyk13]

a hamlet ( small village) ia a place

[Wharton]

A hamlet is a place?

[dave1948]

Thank you It just seems a rather pathetic clue (imho)

[frugalfred]

I suspect that initially, like me, you thought Hamlet with a capital H had a Shakespearean connection. I agree, a poor clue, but I suspect the setter sought to mislead us with that capital H.

[Wharton]

4d l(air)?

[dave1948]

Still looking for 4d (as above)

I did realise a Hamlet is a place and thought not of Shakespeare. Most of the clues (and answers) are more convoluted !