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Curious craze about home office furniture item (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

credenza

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'furniture item' is the definition.
(I know that credenza is a type of buffet)

'curious craze about home office' is the wordplay.
'curious' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'home office' becomes 'den' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'home' bit.).
'craze' anagrammed gives 'creza'.
'creza' enclosing 'den' is 'CREDENZA'.

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(Other definitions for credenza that I've seen before include "A kind of sideboard or buffet" , "A kind of sideboard or cupboard" , "Might czar need this strange sideboard?" , "Zen cared about this type of sideboard" , "Italian furniture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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