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Funny marks left by a bird landing on your face? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

crowsfeet

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'on your face?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'funny marks left by a bird' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'bird' could be 'crow' (crow is a kind of bird) and 'crow' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'landing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crowsfeet that I've seen before include "we produce, with a smile?" , "Footprints" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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