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Face deliveries by amateur (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overlay

'face' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'deliveries by amateur' is the wordplay.
'deliveries' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'amateur' becomes 'lay' (similar in meaning).
'over'+'lay'='OVERLAY'

(Other definitions for overlay that I've seen before include "Lie on top of; covering" , "Put on top of something else" , "Cover" , "Blanket" , "put on coat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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