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Figure quaintly dined in principle (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenet

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'principle' is the definition.
(a tenet is a principle or value)

'figure quaintly dined' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'figure' could be 'ten' (ten is a number or figure) and 'ten' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tenet that I've seen before include "Conviction" , "Belief or doctrine - a palindrome" , "Canon" , "you may believe in it" , "Item of belief" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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