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Two people, one face (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dial

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'face' is the definition.
(face of a clock)

'two people one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dal' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for dial that I've seen before include "Coil of yarn" , "Face of a timepiece" , "Meter face" , "Indicator" , "Face with numbers" .)

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