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Stalls Tessa deviously! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

seats

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'stalls' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'tessa deviously' is the wordplay.
'deviously' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'tessa' with letters rearranged gives 'SEATS'.

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(Other definitions for seats that I've seen before include "Chairs, stools" , "Parliamentary constituencies" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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