The question did somehow figure in again (6)
I believe the answer is:
riddle
'the question' is the definition.
(riddle is a kind of question)
'did somehow figure in again' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'figure' becomes 'l' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'again' becomes 're' (prefix meaning 'again').
'did' anagrammed gives 'idd'.
'idd'+'l'='iddl'
'iddl' put into 're' is 'RIDDLE'.
(Other definitions for riddle that I've seen before include "Puzzling person, thing" , "Strain" , "Eg, When is a door not a door?" , "Difficult problem or coarse sieve" , "Sieve; enigma" .)