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Type of furniture to fill apartment above (8)

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I believe the answer is:

flatpack

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'type of furniture' is the definition.
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'fill apartment above' is the wordplay.
'fill' becomes 'pack' (packing is a kind of filling).
'apartment' becomes 'flat' (synonyms).
'above' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'pack' after 'flat' is 'FLATPACK'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for flatpack that I've seen before include "(Of furniture) to be assembled by the buyer" , "Item for DIY assembly" , "In pieces ready to be assembled by the purchaser" , "Boxed for DIY assembly" , "such as DIYer gets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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