Director giving secretary a lift home (3)
I believe the answer is:
pad
'home' is the definition.
(pad can mean a person's home)
'director giving secretary a lift' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'director' could be 'd' (abbreviation eg in film reviews) and 'd' is present in the answer.
'secretary' could be 'pa' (abbreviation for personal assistant) and 'pa' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pad that I've seen before include "In slang, one's flat or bedsitter" , "Floating leaf of a lily" , "Bachelor's place?" , "It's found on an animals's foot and a cricketer's leg" , "Block of paper sheets" .)