Apparently weak figure having quiet power around border (6)
I believe the answer is:
shrimp
'apparently weak figure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'quiet power around border' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh' ('sh' is used to tell someone to be quiet).
'power' becomes 'p' (symbol in physics).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'border' becomes 'rim' (both can mean an edge).
'sh'+'p'='shp'
'shp' enclosing 'rim' is 'SHRIMP'.
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shrimp that I've seen before include "colour?" , "Seafood" , "no giant" , "Raising of a siege" , "Small, weak person" .)