Solid achievements by people good at figures? (8)
I believe the answer is:
statuary
'figures?' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Carved figures' mean 'statuary' so perhaps 'figures' could also mean 'statuary')
'solid achievements by people good' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'at' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for statuary that I've seen before include "Sculptures collectively" , "Collection of statues" , "Range of sculpture" , "Carved figures collectively" , "Carved images collectively" .)