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Standard book on furniture (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

benchmark

'standard' is the definition.
(I know that benchmark is a type of standard)

'book on furniture' is the wordplay.
'book' becomes 'mark' (book of the Bible).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'furniture' becomes 'bench' (bench is a kind of furniture).
'mark' put after 'bench' is 'BENCHMARK'.

(Another definition for benchmark that I've seen is " Reference point or standard".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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