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Opinion on long facial hair (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sideburn

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

'opinion on long' is the wordplay.
'opinion' becomes 'side' (side is a kind of opinion).
'on long' becomes 'burn' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'side'+'burn'='SIDEBURN'

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(Other definitions for sideburn that I've seen before include "Body hair" , "Facial hair grown down one side of a man's face" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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