| BUREAU | A division of a writing desk |
| SECRETARY | A writing desk fitted with drawers, one of which can be pulled out and the front lowered to provide a flat writing surface |
| BUREAUCRAT | A writing desk councillor has a great finish for a public servant |
| POE | Q: Why is a raven like a writing desk? A: Because ___ wrote on both |
| MADHATTER | "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" inquirer |
| MADHATER | "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" asker |
| POSER | "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?," e.g. |
| RIDDLE | "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" for example |
| PANE | Word originally for a rag or a piece of cloth that later came to mean a division of a window or its sheet of glass; or, in philately, a page of stamps from a booklet (4) |
| ESCRITOIRE | A writing desk with compartments and drawers concealed by a hinged flap (10) |
| HATTER | "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" speaker in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" |
| MADTEAPARTY | Where Alice is asked "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" |
| TEAPARTY | Social event where Alice is asked, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" |
| THEMAD | Character in Alice in Wonderland who asks Alice: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" (3,3,6) |
| ALICE | Rabbit hole heroine who joined the Mad Hatter to ponder how a raven is like a writing desk (5) |
| ECRITOIRE | A writing desk (9) |
| TABLE | The list on a writing desk maybe |
| INKBOTTLE | Small glass jar on a writing desk (3,6) |
| LANE | A streak of dust and gas in a spiral galaxy; a narrow country road between hedges; a passage through a crowd; or, a division of a track or pool for one runner or swimmer (4) |
| FOOT | Measure equal to 12 inches; bottom of the stairs; end of a bed; or, a division of a line of poetry (4) |
