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Theatre work possibly faced? (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cosmetic surgery

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'theatre work' is the definition.
(work in an operating theatre)

'faced?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'faced?' could be 'met' (facing is a kind of meeting) and 'met' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'possibly' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for cosmetic surgery that I've seen is " it could be nip and tuck!".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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