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Without money, having to ditch new comedy performance (4)

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skit

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(Other definitions for skit that I've seen before include "piece of satire" , "Taking off piece" , "Hoax; satire" , "Burlesque - parody" , "Turn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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