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Figures showing increase has desired effect (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

waxworks

'figures' is the definition.
(waxwork figures)

'increase has desired effect' is the wordplay.
'increase' becomes 'wax' (waxing is a kind of increasing).
'has desired effect' becomes 'works' (synonyms).
'wax'+'works'='WAXWORKS'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for waxworks that I've seen before include "Figures, eg in Warwick Castle" , "Madame Tussaud's eg" , "Exhibition of modelled figures" , "Exhibition of effigies" , "Dummies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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