Paces around this, wiping his face (6)
I believe the answer is:
aspect
'face' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'paces around this wiping his' is the wordplay.
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'wiping' suggests deleting specific letters.
'this' with 'his' taken away is 't'.
'paces' with letters rearranged gives 'aspec'.
'aspec'+'t'='ASPECT'
(Other definitions for aspect that I've seen before include "Visual effect" , "Vista,panorama" , "View or facet" , "View, panorama" , "Demeanour" .)