Ceramic item at front of office is thing that's chipped? (6)
I believe the answer is:
potato
'thing that's chipped?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'ceramic item at front of office' is the wordplay.
'ceramic item' becomes 'pot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'front of' indicates taking the first letters (the letter at the front of the word).
The initial letter of 'office' is 'o'.
'pot'+'at'+'o'='POTATO'
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for potato that I've seen before include "Food item (with eyes?)" , "A plant; hole in sock (colloq.)" , "Spud (6)" , "Edible tuber; hole in stocking (colloq.)" , "Common vegetable" .)