Help please with 25a 'Brigand due to be operated on, not having had 'the snip' '? (10). I have ?N???I???D. I feel it maybe an anagram of 'brigand' but can't make it work.
You're right, it's an anagram (indicated by "to be operated on") of BRIGAND DUE to mean "not having had the snip".
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