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Figure half-a-dozen will turn up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nine

This clue is a double definition.

'figure' is the first definition.
(I know that nine is a type of figure)

'half-a-dozen will turn up' is the second definition.
(9 resembles 6 upside down)

(Other definitions for nine that I've seen before include "No. of cat lives" , "So many" , "A number of worthies" , "It's dialled three times in an emergency" , "A stitch in time saves them" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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