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So close. Look at your 'good' answers (in reply to @OriginalGriff). See last two words in the clue line (for all)
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Pleads (URGES)
without a unit of energy (G) URES
around a gas hole VENT But I'm not sure what contributes the "AD".
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Greg Utas wrote: But I'm not sure what contributes the "AD".
Adjures
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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jsc42 wrote: * Pleads without a unit of energy around gas hole (10)
Pleads without a unit of energy ADJURES
gas hole vent
ADVENTURES
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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All of the parts are present across the answers suggested. As per hint to OG - see last 2 words in first line.
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@super was first with the word but didn't realise it was the solution
@musefan found the connection with the first line
@OriginalGriff got 3 out of 4 and was extremely close
@super worked out the pleads
But no-one got the unit of work (try Googling 'unit of work' - the first item I get is from Wikipedia)
On balance, I think @super is the winner as he was the first to get the word even that he didn't realise that it was the solution
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Full solution ...
Top line comes from old text-based ADVENTURE gameS
'Twisty Little Passages' could mean cryptic short texts
'All Alike' is a clue to the fact that the answers are all the same
* Small commercial enterprises
Commercial = Advertisment
Small Commercial = AD
Enterprises = VENTURES
=> AD + VENTURES = ADVENTURES
* Teeth bite into short sound and light presentation
Teeth = DENTURES
Sound and light presentation = Audio Visual
Short sound and light presentation = AV
bite into = words overlap each other
=> A_V + _D_ENTURES = ADVENTURES
* Pleads without a unit of energy about gas hole
Pleads = ADJURES
Unit of energy = Joule (SI Symbol: J)
Pleads without a unit of energy = ADJURES - J = AD_URES
Gas hole = VENT
about means VENT is inside AD_URES
=> AD VENT URES = ADVENTURES
* Pre-Christmas confuses user
Pre-Christmas = ADVENT
confuses user = anagram of user = URES
=> ADVENT URES = ADVENTURES
So the answer is ADVENTURES
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The question is - should we solve all 4, or like OG stating the answer with only 3 (or less) would be enough?
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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From the rules:
Quote: First person to post the correct answer is the winner. A solution is recommended.
So @super wins and gets to set it tomorrow because he used the word even if he didn't have a full solution.
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Dang, Now I have to figure out one...
I was hoping you win as for 3/4 correct
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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super wrote: Dang, Now I have to figure out one...
Erm... pretty sure the new precedent is you now have to figure out four 
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Thanks for the confirmation.
And thank you to all who took part.
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I cannot find a definition which gives "plead" as the meaning of adjure.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I cannot find a definition which gives "plead" as the meaning of adjure.
www.memidex.com/adjure+plead
https://www.classicthesaurus.com/beg_and_plead/and/adjure
https://www.yourdictionary.com/adjure
https://www.powerthesaurus.org/adjure/synonyms/plead
www.the-crossword-solver.com/word/adjure
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Neither Chambers nor OED have it.
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The new way make you work 24/7...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Did you miss the link?
CNBC[^]
It's also a way to reduce carbon emissions by your employees, given they can live and work in close proximity and don't need to commute.
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I prefer my woods... Far from any sign of civilization...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Far from any sign of civilization...
... out in the fresh, clean air ... 
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Work from home and eliminate the commute altogether.
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So now the new era for work would be company changed to company based towns 
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Not the first, nor will it be the last: Port Sunlight - Wikipedia[^], Toyota, Aichi - Wikipedia[^]
Then there were Company Towns[^] which went even further: owning the residences, shops, bars, theaters, brothels - and paying in company scrip that can only be spent there. A form of slavery in many cases: you couldn't earn enough "real money" to ever leave. 
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 I'm always surprised how many people don't know about company towns. It goes back to the era where towns were built around mining spots. The fun part is even if they do pay you in real money, because they control the local economy your effective income is whatever they want it to be.
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