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Face character overseas, former Albanian king (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

phizog

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'face' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'character overseas former albanian king' is the wordplay.
'character overseas' becomes 'phi' (phi is a kind of character. I am not sure about the 'overseas' bit.).
'former albanian king' becomes 'zog' (I've seen this in another clue).
'phi'+'zog'='PHIZOG'

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(Another definition for phizog that I've seen is " mug".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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