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Face struggle to conceal droop (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

visage

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

'struggle to conceal droop' is the wordplay.
'struggle' becomes 'vie' (I've seen this before).
'to conceal' is an insertion indicator.
'droop' becomes 'sag' ('sag' can be a synonym of 'droop').
'vie' placed around 'sag' is 'VISAGE'.

(Other definitions for visage that I've seen before include "Mug" , "A person's face, countenance" , "Face, aspect" , "Clock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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