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Confronts first of famous champions (5)

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I believe the answer is:

faces

'confronts' is the definition.
('face' can be a synonym of 'confront')

'first of famous champions' is the wordplay.
'first of famous' becomes 'f' (1st letter of 'famous').
'champions' becomes 'aces' (I've seen this before).
'f'+'aces'='FACES'

(Other definitions for faces that I've seen before include "Confronts" , "Mugs" , "Meets defiantly - moves head accordingly" , "With 1a [NEW], TV talent show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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