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Caught fibres in items of furniture (6)

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I believe the answer is:

chairs

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'items of furniture' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'caught fibres' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'caught' could be 'c' (cricket abbreviation) and 'c' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hairs' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chairs that I've seen before include "Professorships" , "Leads meeting" , "Seats for singles" , "rockers?" , "Seats (that can be electric or musical)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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