Possible Clues:

• Conceit which poet has to face?
• 'On the face of it, the edge is on fire for them (9)'
• Team with rope injuries found on face?
• Kin of muttonchops
• Elvis features*
• FH as conceit used by poet
• Minor poet's facial hair
• Arrogance shown by poet displaying hirsute growth
• Some facial hair right, perhaps, on poet
• Face fungus of American general worn back to front