Celebrities lacking furniture? (8)

I believe the answer is:

notables

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'celebrities' is the definition.
(notable is a kind of celebrity)

'lacking furniture?' is the wordplay.
'lacking' becomes 'no' (eg lacking money means with no money).
'furniture?' becomes 'tables' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'no'+'tables'='NOTABLES'

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(Another definition for notables that I've seen is " Celebrities".)

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