Brief outfit for a special figure (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
prime number
'a special figure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'brief outfit' is the wordplay.
'brief' becomes 'prime' (I've seen this before).
'outfit' becomes 'number' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'prime'+'number'='PRIME NUMBER'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prime number that I've seen before include "One providing amusement" , "Integer divisible only by itself and by 1" , "One such as 3, 5, 7, 11, etc" , "2011, say" , "2 or 3 -- but not 4" .)