| SITCOM | "The Office" or |
| BUREAU | Word whose meaning evolved from the humble red baize covering a writing table to mean the very escritoire itself and, finally, the office or government department with such a desk (6) |
| PAPACY | The office, or term of office, of a pope (6) |
| SERIES | "The Office" or "House" |
| SITUATIONCOMEDY | "The Office" or "M*A*S*H" |
| EMBASSY | The office or residence of an ambassador |
| INTHEFIELD | Doing practical work, away from the office or lab (2,3,5) |
| RESIGN | Either leave the office or put your name to another contract (6) |
| IMAMATE | The office or territory of a Muslim official (7) |
| ANGELA | Actress Kinsey of "The Office," or her character |
| RESIGNING | Leaving the office - or enrolling once more (9) |
| HEDGES | Sceptres or wands of office; or, from "rods", thought from the idea of said poles as boundary markers, a word for borders, edges or margins, such as eaves, or grassy strips along roads (6) |
| MOVES | Players' turns in chess or draughts; the various ways that the pieces are transferred in said games; changes of houses or offices; or, acts initiating plans or processes (5) |
| CHAPEL | Small type of church or holy sanctuary; a choir attached to a royal court or the aforementioned place of worship; a printing office; or, a trade union of journalists (6) |
| SECRETARY | An administrator of an office or the day-to-day business of a board or company; or, an escritoire (9) |
| LETTERDROP | Opening at the post office ... or, when read as three words, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| QUESTIONNAIRE | List of inquiries you fill in at any government office or which is posed to you over the phone by polling companies, usually at the most inconvenient time of day |
| ACCESSION | The act of entering upon or attaining to an office or right (9) |
| REGALIA | What are the decorations or insignia of any office or order (7) |
| SINECURE | An office or position that has no work or duties attached to it, but offers some pay or reward (8) |
