Figure standing briefly at end of lane (6)
I believe the answer is:
statue
'figure' is the definition.
(statue is a kind of figure)
'standing briefly at end of lane' is the wordplay.
'standing' becomes 'status' (I've seen this before).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'end of lane' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'status' with its last letter removed is 'statu'.
'statu'+'e'='STATUE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for statue that I've seen before include "Piece of sculpture" , "Large figure" , "Sculpture depicting a person" , "Three-dimensional work of art" , "Still work" .)