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Huge fantastic figure put on a two-wheeled carriage (8)

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I believe the answer is:

gigantic

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'huge' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'fantastic figure put on a two-wheeled carriage' is the wordplay.
'fantastic figure put' becomes 'antic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a two-wheeled carriage' becomes 'gig' (I've seen this in another clue).
'antic' after 'gig' is 'GIGANTIC'.

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(Other definitions for gigantic that I've seen before include "Great big" , "Stupendous" , "Exceedingly large" , "Huge, enormous" , "Of very great size" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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