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Gay musical in which George Best playing with a harp (3,7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the beggars opera

'gay musical' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'george best playing with a harp' is the wordplay.
'playing with' is an anagram indicator.
'george'+'best'='georgebest'
'a'+'harp'='aharp'
'georgebest' mixed up with 'aharp' makes 'THE BEGGARS OPERA'.

'in which' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for the beggars opera that I've seen before include "Gay musical" , "Gay entertainment" , "Gay work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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