A logger working round year is grotesque figure (8)
I believe the answer is:
gargoyle
'grotesque figure' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a logger working round year' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates an anagram.
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'year' becomes 'y'.
'a'+'logger'='alogger'
'alogger' anagrammed gives 'gargole'.
'gargole' placed around 'y' is 'GARGOYLE'.
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for gargoyle that I've seen before include "grotesque sight!" , "Medieval gutter spout made of sculpted grotesque figure" , "Grotesque carving" , "Ugly spouting face?" , "Ugly cathedral feature" .)