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Play with ball, breaking some furniture (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tallboy

'furniture' is the definition.
(tallboy is a kind of furniture)

'play with ball breaking' is the wordplay.
'play' becomes 'toy' (synonyms).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'breaking' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ball' is an anagram of 'allb'.
'toy' enclosing 'allb' is 'TALLBOY'.

'some' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tallboy that I've seen before include "Chest of drawers in two sections" , "Item of furniture" , "Cabinet" , "Two-part chest of drawers" , "Type of chest of drawers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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