He figures to tour central Spain (3)
I believe the answer is:
lad
'he' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'figures to tour central spain' is the wordplay.
'figures' becomes 'ld' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to tour' is an insertion indicator (to tour can mean to go around).
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'spain' is 'a'.
'ld' enclosing 'a' is 'LAD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lad that I've seen before include "Shaver" , "Boy, young man" , "A young chap into ballads" , "Young fellow" , "Stable worker" .)