Face turned or put down (4)
I believe the answer is:
laid
'put down' is the definition.
(to lay something is to put it down somewhere)
'face turned' is the wordplay.
'face' becomes 'dial' (face of a clock).
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'dial' back-to-front is 'LAID'.
'or' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for laid that I've seen before include "settled" , "Prepared (a trap)" , "Doze" , "Produced (an egg)" , "The clutch must be" .)