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O! Eric tries assembling desk (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escritoire

'desk' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'o eric tries assembling' is the wordplay.
'assembling' indicates an anagram.
'o'+'eric'+'tries'='oerictries'
'oerictries' with letters rearranged gives 'ESCRITOIRE'.

(Other definitions for escritoire that I've seen before include "Writing desk" , "Furniture item" , "Support for author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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