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Funny figures covered in black stuff (7)

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I believe the answer is:

comical

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'funny' is the definition.
(I know that funny can be written as comical)

'figures covered in black stuff' is the wordplay.
'figures' becomes 'mic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'covered in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'black stuff' becomes 'coal'.
'mic' put into 'coal' is 'COMICAL'.

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(Other definitions for comical that I've seen before include "Humorous" , "Causing laughter" , "Witty" , "'Amusing, funny (7)'" , "Amusing or droll" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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