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Figures no cats go astray (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

octagons

'figures' is the definition.
(octagon is a kind of figure)

'no cats go astray' is the wordplay.
'astray' indicates an anagram.
'no'+'cats'+'go'='nocatsgo'
'nocatsgo' is an anagram of 'OCTAGONS'.

(Other definitions for octagons that I've seen before include "Geometric figures with eight sides" , "Eight-sided geometric figures" , "Eight-sided shapes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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