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Face being laid up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dial

'face' is the definition.
(dial is a kind of face)

'laid up' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'laid' backwards is 'DIAL'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dial that I've seen before include "Calibrated disc etc" , "Ring the clock-face" , "Select a telephone number" , "Face of a timepiece" , "Watch face" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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