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Ball fits in tiny piece of furniture (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tallboy

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'piece of furniture' is the definition.
(tallboy is a kind of piece of furniture)

'ball fits in tiny' is the wordplay.
'fits' is an anagram indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'tiny' becomes 'toy' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ball' anagrammed gives 'allb'.
'allb' going within 'toy' is 'TALLBOY'.

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(Other definitions for tallboy that I've seen before include "Big chest of drawers" , "Chest of drawers mounted on legs for lofty youth" , "Chests of drawers, one on top of the other" , "Item of furniture" , "Type of chest of drawers" .)

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