| BEACHCHAIR | Seat for a surface of sand |
| SKIMMER | Word for a surface worker, be it a scum separator, shearwater, shift dress, sieve-like slotted spoon, straw sailor hat or superficial reader (7) |
| SAM | Acronym for a surface to air missile (3) |
| ARTEX | Trademark for a surface coating used in textured form on many 1970s ceilings |
| SPHERE | Object bounded by a surface of which all points are equidistant from a centre, such as a soap bubble, orb, crystal ball, snow globe or Earth (6) |
| TILING | A surface of slates, tesserae or "tuiles"; the installation of said covering; or, in geometry, an aperiodic Penrose-style pattern of tessellated shapes (6) |
| FACET | What is a surface of a cut gemstone? (5) |
| HOOFMARK | Visible impression on a surface of a horse's foot (4,4) |
| TWILL | Fabric woven to produce a surface of diagonal parallel ridges (5) |
| NUNATAK | An isolated mountain peak above a surface of ice or snow |
| STOOL | Type of seat for a number of gents retiring around end of the night (5) |
| SADDLE | Name a seat for a rider on the back of a horse (6) |
| LAP | It provides a seat for a child watching a circuit of the track (3) |
| PILLION | What is a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist? (7) |
| EJECTOR | Sort of seat for a high-flyer (7) |
| SAT | Took a seat for a day (3) |
| ARMCHAIR | Seat for a member to preside over a meeting (8) |
| STAND | Wherein there's a seat for a supporter (5) |
| SEDAN | Edna's about to provide a seat for a chairman |
| MARGINAL | Alarming sort of seat for a politician (8) |
