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Crooked furniture used regularly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

untrue

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'crooked' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'furniture used regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'furniture'+'used'='furnitureused'
The alternating letters of 'furnitureused' are 'UNTRUE'.

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(Other definitions for untrue that I've seen before include "Not loyal" , "Not factual or honest" , "Sleeping around" , "Not in accordance with the facts" , "Not faithful" .)

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