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Under pressure, a girl cuts nose badly -- one may be required to operate (7,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plastic surgeon

'one may be required to operate' is the definition.
(a plastic surgeon performs surgical operations)

'under pressure a girl cuts nose badly' is the wordplay.
'under' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'girl'+'cuts'+'nose'='agirlcutsnose'
'agirlcutsnose' anagrammed gives 'lasticsurgeon'.
'p' put next to 'lasticsurgeon' is 'PLASTIC SURGEON'.

(Other definitions for plastic surgeon that I've seen before include "Beautician" , "I rebuild" , "doctor - this one?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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