Figures in the game? (6)
I believe the answer is:
scores
'figures in the game?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
This is all the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scores that I've seen before include "Scratches" , "Marks; is successful" , "Gains game points" , "Written forms of musical compositions" , "Musical compositions in written form" .)