| VADEMECUM | A handbook or guide kept constantly at hand for consultation (4,5) |
| MECUM | Vade--, meaning "go with me", an enchiridion or pocket-companion, kept at hand for consultation (5) |
| ATOZ | Alphabetical handbook or guide; or, a type of street atlas such as the one founded by Phyllis Pearsall (1,2,1) |
| VESTA | Roman goddess whose temple housed a fire kept constantly burning by her priestesses |
| ECONOMIZE | Husband is someone I ordered about constantly at the start (9) |
| SPOTTER | Person who observes birds, trees. planes, weather etc as a hobby or job, sometimes using a handbook or field guide of the same name (7) |
| CONTOURLINE | One constantly at the same height in the charts? |
| MANUAL | From the Latin meaning "hand", a word describing work done using said extremity; a handbook or handy compendium; or, an organ keyboard played by hand, not foot (6) |
| DIRECTORY | Something intended to "guide" or "point", whether a handbook of Presbyterian worship, the failed former French government or a Yellow Pages (9) |
| REFERENCE | Testimonial for consultation in several answers? (9) |
| GIRLGUIDE | Scout gives young lady a handbook (4,5) |
| ETIQUETTE | Code of polite behaviour described in Debrett's Handbook or Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier (9) |
| BLUEPRINT | Design or guide for making something (9) |
| MANOEUVRE | Steer or guide carefully (9) |
| ORIENTATE | Direct or guide, as new students |
| FEE | Payment made to a professional for consultation or services (3) |
| SAWDOCTOR | Tool repairer had medical consultation (3,6) |
| TETEATETE | Mutual consultation |
| INTERVIEW | Consultation |
| REFERRAL | Action of passing a patient on for consultation |
