Answer:

face

Answer	Crossword Clue
FACE	It may be hard to keep straight
FACE	Poker ...
FACE	Precedes lift and card

FACE	Veneer
FACE	Word with hatchet or poker
FACE	Kind of card
FACE	Look forward
FACE	... value
FACE	About ... (drill sergeant's order)
FACE	Confront
FACE	Precedes down and out

FACE	See eye to eye
FACE	Come to grips with
FACE	Stand up to
FACE	Die feature
FACE	Go up against
FACE	Head part
FACE	Reflected image, often
FACE	Physiognomy

FACE	Clock part
FACE	Deal with, in a way
FACE	Watch part
FACE	Model's asset
FACE	Turn toward
FACE	Mug
FACE	Not avoid
FACE	Deal with

FACE	Kind of time or value
FACE	Not avoid (h)
FACE	Front of a clock
FACE	Square off against
FACE	Meet head-on
FACE	It may be lost or saved
FACE	Clock stopper?
FACE	It's sometimes hard to keep a straight one

FACE	It's often made up
FACE	Thing to save
FACE	Turn towards
FACE	Clock feature
FACE	"...-Off" (1997 Travolta-Cage thriller)