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Figure it's overheard (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

two

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'figure' is the definition.
(two is a number)

'it's overheard' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'overheard' becomes 'wo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'wo'='TWO'

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(Other definitions for two that I've seen before include "Old song 'Tea for . . .'" , "2" , "Prime number" , "Number of faces of the god Janus" , "Cardinal number" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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