The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 7: Conceivably Rooney's weave itches after plastic surgery.

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A clue to POSTICHE.
4 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)

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1.If "surgery" = op, and "plastic surgery" = po, where is the anagram indicator for "itches"? Is there some double duty going on here?
2.Nice idea but I'm not keen on the indirect way of indicating PO.
3.Where's the anagrind for ITCHES? Presume plastic surgery means reverse OP (so, an indirect anagram) … or is that the itches anagrind? Messy
4.Nice surface, but in wordplay why 'plastic'? At best, 'op' = 'e.g. plastic surgery' (or 'e.g. cardiac surgery').