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Figure I'm not very bright (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dim

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'not very bright' is the definition.
(dim means poorly lit)

'figure i'm' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'd'+'im'='DIM'

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(Other definitions for dim that I've seen before include "Providing little light" , "Not bright, cloudy" , "out of mind?" , "Without much light" , "Not bright, literally or mentally" .)

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