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Confront and raise surgical procedure (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facelift

'surgical procedure' is the definition.
(I know that facelift is a type of anaplasty)

'confront and raise' is the wordplay.
'confront' becomes 'face' (synonyms).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'raise' becomes 'lift' (synonyms).
'face'+'lift'='FACELIFT'

(Other definitions for facelift that I've seen before include "Improved appearance" , "plastic surgery" , "Cosmetic surgery" , "surgical treatment" , "Renovation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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