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Figure in politics, eventually (5)

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I believe the answer is:

seven

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'figure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'in politics eventually' is the wordplay.
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'SEVEN' can be found hidden inside 'politics eventually'.

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(Other definitions for seven that I've seen before include "VII" , "Wonders of the World - Deadly Sins" , "Number of dwarfs (or deadly sins)" , "equivalent of uproar [7D]" , "Number of sisters in Sussex" .)

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