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Positions sculptor's head cutting into sculptures (8)

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statuses

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'positions' is the definition.
('status' can be a synonym of 'position')

'sculptor's head cutting into sculptures' is the wordplay.
'sculptor's head' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cutting into' indicates putting letters inside.
'sculptures' becomes 'statues' (statue is a kind of sculpture).
's' inserted into 'statues' is 'STATUSES'.

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(Another definition for statuses that I've seen is " positions".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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