Possible Clues:

• Den furniture
• Where to relax with light music after church
• 9's professional sinecure
• Soft spot for bosun or midshipman?
• Comfortable seat
• It's not hard for rocker in comfortable seat
• Comfy spot
• Comfy seat
• Comfortable situation for a professor
• 'A bit of furniture, please' ayah cries, distraught