Figure a Pole to have a familiar name (3)
I believe the answer is:
dan
'name' is the definition.
'figure a pole to have a familiar' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dan that I've seen before include "The 19's first archer" , "Man's name; judo grade" , "A Desperate cartoon character" , "Black-belt grade of proficiency" , "Judo, karate level" .)