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Piece of furniture you reportedly can set up (4)

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I believe the answer is:

unit

'piece of furniture' is the definition.
(unit of furniture)

'you reportedly can set up' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'can' becomes 'tin' (synonyms).
'set up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'you' is a homophone of 'u'.
'tin' back-to-front is 'nit'.
'u'+'nit'='UNIT'

(Other definitions for unit that I've seen before include "A considerable number of soldiers" , "Operational team" , "Item combining separate parts" , "Module" , "Constituent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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