Prize pig beginning to destroy item of furniture (8)
I believe the answer is:
cupboard
'furniture' is the definition.
(I know that Cupboard is a furniture)
'prize pig beginning to destroy' is the wordplay.
'prize' becomes 'cup' (cup is a kind of prize).
'pig' becomes 'boar' (male pig).
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'destroy' is 'd'.
'cup'+'boar'+'d'='CUPBOARD'
'item of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cupboard that I've seen before include "Furniture item for storage" , "Hubbard found it bare" , "Storage cabinet" , "Storage unit" , "Store for crockery etc" .)