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Depressed by facial hair seen in fairy tale (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bluebeard

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'in fairy tale' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'depressed by facial hair' is the wordplay.
'depressed' becomes 'blue' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'facial hair' becomes 'beard' (I've seen this before).
'blue'+'beard'='BLUEBEARD'

'seen' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bluebeard that I've seen before include "Legendary polygamist and wife-killer" , "Serial killer" , "Villain with many wives" , "Be durable (anag) - wife-murderer" , "serial wife-killer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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