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Figures in the game? (6)

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scores

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'figures in the game?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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