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'.
'did' is an anagram of 'idd'.
'idd'+'l'='iddl'
'iddl' going within '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" .)