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Field officer referring to boss’s facial feature (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forehead

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'facial feature' is the definition.
'forehead' can be an answer for 'feature' (forehead is a kind of feature). I am not certain of the 'facial' bit.

'field officer referring to boss's' is the wordplay.
'field officer' becomes 'fo' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'referring to' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'boss' becomes 'head' (synonyms).
'fo'+'re'+'head'='FOREHEAD'

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(Other definitions for forehead that I've seen before include "Space above the eyes" , "Upper part of the face" , "Front of the head" , "Brow" , "Frontal bone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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