Special ___ (3)
(Other definitions for ops that I've seen before include "Military (or surgical) procedures" , "Operations (abbrev.)" , "Surgical procedures (abbr)" , "medical procedures" , "Military operations" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">special</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for particular that I've seen before include "item" , "certain" , "Nice" , "Exceptional" , "Respect" .)
(Other definitions for super that I've seen before include "Excellent - small-part actor" , "Prefix meaning terrific or great" , "Exceptional" , "Peerless" , "(Of product) of extra fine quality" .)