The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 plus 7 letter word COSMETIC SURGERY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result COSMETIC SURGERY
- Correct my issue – good after work?
- Wobbly customer is grey, about a hundred? This may improve appearance
- Celeb’s first cry — ‘It’s gruesome’ — after treatment — such as this?
- Work to improve appearances in theatre
- Theatre work possibly faced?
- Operation corrects my guise, perhaps
- Work of the features editor?
- Operating procedure turning customer grey
- One of us jerks driver in friendly attempt to save face, perhaps
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