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The face shows a woman’s age (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

visage

'the face' is the definition.
(visage is a kind of face)

'a woman's age' is the wordplay.
'a woman's' becomes 'vis' (short for Violet).
'vis'+'age'='VISAGE'

'shows' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for visage that I've seen before include "A person's face, countenance" , "Clock" , "Mug" , "Face, aspect" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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