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1. hot meal goes in seconds: gracious!
s###m#
2.fish to lift out of one's trap
r### - possibly r#y#
3.opera set in hospital by a composer.
s#####a.
the crossword solver came up with SMETANA for no.3 - but i cant make it fit the clue.

What about 'steams' for the first one?

Smetana

I thinnk I remember that the Met is an opera House (maybe in New York?)
In the answer given, it is Inside San(atorium) and beside a.

I'm a bit dubious about my first suggestion - steams.
Are the clues across or down?

Yep, it should be steamy.
Meal is tea.
It is inside S - for seconds, and MY! for Goodness or gracious, or whatever the end of the clue said.

not sure 'steams' is right - but you have a better explanation for SMETANA than anyhting i could come up with! thanks tvm.

steamy! youre a genius tvm. simple answer that i was never gonna get. 1 to get. YOU CAN DO IT!
r### or r#y# - its a down clue.
fish to lift out of one's trap.

2.fish to lift out of one's trap
r### - possibly r#y#

Rays. Sounds the same as you would say raise ie out of one's trap

8d.
Rays. Phonetic. "Trap" being slang for mouth.

thankyou guys! feel i shoulda got RAYS. you put me outa my misery tho.