The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WALRUS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WALRUS
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- Carpenter’s mate was holding hands for all to see
- Run rule over American big beast
- Fighting to protect large American mammal
- Legislation about what’s on Russian cars – an Arctic beast
- Fight to protect large American animal
- Russia supports Trump’s unfinished construction project; that’ll show Tusk!
- Carpenter’s mate was endlessly surly, endlessly rebellious
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The straight part
We know that "Facial hair" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case facial hair = walrus.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WALRUS mean?
WALRUS noun- A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.