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Persimmon managed to furnish houses auctioneer emptied (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sharon fruit

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

'managed to furnish houses auctioneer emptied' is the wordplay.
'managed' is an anagram indicator.
'houses' is an insertion indicator.
'emptied' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'auctioneer' with its centre taken out is 'ar'.
'to'+'furnish'='tofurnish'
'tofurnish' anagrammed gives 'shonfruit'.
'shonfruit' placed around 'ar' is 'SHARON FRUIT'.

(Another definition for sharon fruit that I've seen is " Persimmon - Iran's fourth (anag)".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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