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Figures that come from the tallow factory (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

waxworks

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'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.

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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