Figure - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'figure' is the definition.
(I know that figure can be written as shape)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for shape that I've seen before include "Control development of" , "Good physical form" , "Phase (anag.)" , "External form" , "'Figure, outline (5)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Daily, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Mirror, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Star Tribune and The Washington Post.

'figure' is the definition.
(numerical figure)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for digit that I've seen before include "finger, perhaps" , "one's given?" , "zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine" , "using 0 or 1 for example" , "A small number" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Daily, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Mirror, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The Sun, The Star Tribune and The Washington Post.

(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "Time for the mid-morning tea break?" , "Number, on a team maybe" , "Cricketing side" , "1 and 1?" , "Players" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'figure' is the definition.
(I know that figure can be written as number)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for number that I've seen before include "No longer" , "comparatively lacking in feeling" , "Song - figure" , "Comparatively torpid" , "more insensitive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'figure' is the definition.
(two is a number)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for two that I've seen before include "Couple, brace" , "1 + 1" , "limited company?" , "II" , "Company, so it's said" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'figure' is the definition.
(ten is a number or figure)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ten that I've seen before include "Half a score" , "PM's address, Downing St" , "Roman numeral X" , "Dudley Moore/Bo Derek film" , "Base of decimal system" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'figure' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for diagram that I've seen before include "Simple schematic" , "Line drawing" , "Explanatory figure" , "Simplified representation" , "Simplified drawing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'figure' is the definition.
(a numeral is a figure representing a number)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for numeral that I've seen before include "Figure representing an integer" , "one involved in maths?" , "Figure representing a value" , "Figure or symbol like '1', for example" , "Figure denoting a number" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Figure (5)