Need to REMOVE hyphen when only on SINGLE line between time codes with regex

Hank K 0
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Need to REMOVE hyphen when only on SINGLE line between time codes. So in the case below only want to remove the hyphen on #24. FYI: The line could end many different chars.

19
00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:04,007
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

24
00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,893
- How adorable.

48
00:02:53,798 --> 00:02:54,758
[clears throat]

49
00:02:57,552 --> 00:02:59,971
- [clears throat] Phil.
- What can I get you?

Here's what I thought might work [no cigar]:

Find:       ^(- )(?=.*\r?\n([A-Za-z\[]))
Replace:    - $1

The CORRECT end results would be as follows with hyphen removed on #24

19
00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:04,007
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

24
00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,893
How adorable.           <<<<<---- hyphen removed

48
00:02:53,798 --> 00:02:54,758
[clears throat]

49
00:02:57,552 --> 00:02:59,971
- [clears throat] Phil.
- What can I get you?

Thanks in Advance, Hank

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1 Answers

You can use a negative lookahead pattern to match the line before a line that starts with a hyphen and is not followed by another line that starts with a hyphen, capture the line and include the hyphen in the match, and substitute the match with what's captured but without the hyphen:

Substitute:

^((?!- )[^\n]*\n)- (?![^\n]*\n- )

with:

$1

Demo: https://regex101.com/r/xh8IsE/3

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