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Nothing on sides of coffee mug (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

face

'mug' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing on sides of coffee' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'fa'.
'on sides of' suggests removing the centre.
'coffee' with its centre taken out is 'ce'.
'fa'+'ce'='FACE'

(Other definitions for face that I've seen before include "TV show" , "steep side of mountain" , "'Cheeks, mouth, eyes etc (4)'" , "Cope with" , "Confront - mug (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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