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Below fruit, wee statuette (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

figurine

'statuette' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'below fruit wee' is the wordplay.
'below' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'fruit' becomes 'fig' (fig is a kind of fruit).
'wee' becomes 'urine' (I've seen this before).
'fig'+'urine' is 'FIGURINE'.

(Other definitions for figurine that I've seen before include "Fine rug I change for a small carved body" , "Small piece of sculpture" , "Small statue" , "Statuette" , "moulded object" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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