Friend has some furniture that's in good taste (9)
I believe the answer is:
palatable
'in good taste' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'friend has some furniture' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'some' becomes 'a'.
'furniture' becomes 'table' (table is a kind of furniture).
'pal'+'a'+'table'='PALATABLE'
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palatable that I've seen before include "Tasty" , "good to eat" , "Of food, tasting nice; of idea, acceptable" , "Pleasant to the taste, acceptable" , "pleasing" .)