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Grating front bench of office furniture (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

filing cabinet

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This might be a double definition.

'grating front bench' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'office furniture' is the second definition.
(filing cabinet is a kind of office furniture)

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for filing cabinet that I've seen before include "Document storage unit" , "Piece of furniture containing documents" , "Item of office furniture" , "Set of drawers for documents" , "where records are kept" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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