Removed a piece of furniture guards delivered (8)

I believe the answer is:

absented

'removed' is the definition.
('absent' can be a synonym of 'remove')

'a piece of furniture guards delivered' is the wordplay.
'piece of furniture' becomes 'bed' (bed is a kind of piece of furniture).
'guards' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are guarded).
'delivered' becomes 'sent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bed' enclosing 'sent' is 'bsented'.
'a'+'bsented'='ABSENTED'

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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