Tessa arranges the chairs (5)

I believe the answer is:

seats

'the chairs' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tessa arranges' is the wordplay.
'arranges' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'arrange' mean this).
'tessa' with letters rearranged gives 'SEATS'.

(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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