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Had to care after manipulating figures (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

octahedra

'figures' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'had to care after manipulating' is the wordplay.
'after manipulating' is an anagram indicator.
'had'+'to'+'care'='hadtocare'
'hadtocare' is an anagram of 'OCTAHEDRA'.

(Other definitions for octahedra that I've seen before include "shapes" , "things with many faces" , "Eight-sided figures" , "solid objects" , "Solid figures with eight plane faces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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