Papers maybe left alongside entrance to executive lounge (4)
I believe the answer is:
idle
'lounge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'papers maybe left alongside entrance to executive' is the wordplay.
'papers maybe' becomes 'id' (identification papers. I am not sure about the 'maybe' bit.).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'alongside' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'entrance to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'executive' is 'e'.
'id'+'l'+'e'='IDLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for idle that I've seen before include "Lazy - vain" , "Lied about doing nothing" , "staying in bed all day?" , "Futile" , "Not used to work" .)