Figures that come from the tallow factory (8)
I believe the answer is:
waxworks
'figures that come' is the definition.
'waxworks' can be an answer for 'figures' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the rest of the definition.
'the tallow factory' is the wordplay.
'the tallow' becomes 'wax' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'factory' becomes 'works' (eg a steel works).
'wax'+'works'='WAXWORKS'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for waxworks that I've seen before include "Museum" , "Madame Tussaud's eg" , "Exhibition of modelled figures" , "Figures, eg in Warwick Castle" , "Dummies" .)