| NAMEPLATE | Name on a desk or door |
| FRONT | Word before "desk" or "door" |
| LEDGER | An account book named for its tendency to "lie" permanently on a desk; or, a horizontal grave slab, whether plain and sombre or fancy/grotesque (6) |
| DESKTOP | A computer that is designed to be used on a desk or table (7) |
| LAMP | Light provider on a desk or table |
| PREP | Whether done at home, at a desk or on a restaurant's kitchen floor, it's a short word for preliminary work or any foundational chore (4) |
| BLOTTER | Paper bound in a leather frame for a desk; or, a handheld rocking device to absorb excess ink when writing with a fountain pen (7) |
| LSHAPE | Common silhouette for a desk or a sectional |
| EDGES | The borders of an object, like a desk or lawn (5) |
| INKHORN | Name of a vessel for holding sepia or other chirographic fluid on a desk, thus used as a byword for a learned pedant or fussy writer (7) |
| PEDESTAL | Style of table or desk; or, a plinth supporting an architectural column, obelisk, urn or vase (8) |
| ESCRITOIRE | A medieval room in which to write, but today's elegant French desk or secretaire with drawers and compartments, often topped with a candlestick or reading light (10) |
| LECTERN | A reading desk or support in a church (7) |
| ELL | Many a large desk or sofa |
| RIDEA | "___ desk" (spend a lot of time on a desk job) |
| LINTEL | Name, similar to that of a green pulse from Le Puy, for a horizontal beam or header over a window or door (6) |
| PANE | A single slab of glass, aka light, in a window or door; or, a unit of stamps, cut from a larger sheet (4) |
| CITY | Kind of desk or clerk |
| LAP | Word before desk or dance |
| BUREAU | Desk or writing table with drawers (6) |
