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Silly to repeat a work by Gilbert and Sullivan, maybe (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

operetta

'a work by gilbert and sullivan maybe' is the definition.

'silly to repeat' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'repeat'='torepeat'
'torepeat' is an anagram of 'OPERETTA'.

(Other definitions for operetta that I've seen before include "Eg, Orpheus in the Underworld" , "Light classical music comedy-drama" , "G&S work, perhaps" , "Sung entertainment" , "Eg, The Gondoliers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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