Point to a figure there's a slim chance of reducing? (6)
I believe the answer is:
weight
'a slim chance of reducing?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'point to a figure' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'W' (West).
'to a figure' becomes 'eight' (eight is a number).
'w'+'eight'='WEIGHT'
'there's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for weight that I've seen before include "The property of heaviness, measure of mass" , "Something to lose" , "Importance, heaviness" , "Attach importance to" , "Feeling of oppression; heaviness" .)