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Badly need air-drop to be determined beforehand (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

preordained

'be determined beforehand' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'badly need air-drop' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'need'+'air'+'drop'='needairdrop'
'needairdrop' with letters rearranged gives 'PREORDAINED'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for preordained that I've seen before include "determined beforehand" , "Already decided" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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