| INDICATES | Signals or points to (9) |
| ENDORSE | Point or points to support |
| ERRORS | Do wrong or point to others mistakes |
| AMPLITUDE | Maximum extent of signal or vibration |
| THRESHOLD | Place or point of entering or beginning (9) |
| BENCHMARK | Standard or point of reference (9) |
| EQUALISER | In sport, a goal or point that levels the score (9) |
| ENDORPHIN | Target or point in receiving injection of hard brain chemical (9) |
| PIROUETTE | In dancing, a spin performed on the tip or point of the toe (9) |
| ALARMS | Exclamations meaning "to weapons!" originally, later a word for distress/alert signals; or, devices transmitting said warnings, such as bells, clocks, sirens or tocsins (6) |
| SENSORS | Devices to receive signals or stimuli (7) |
| ASPECT | Prospect or outlook; or, conjunction or other angular relationship between planets or points in a horoscope (6) |
| COUNTER | A tally, teller, timer or totaliser; a tiddlywink or points-tracker; a token representing a coin; a kitchen top; a turnstile or till's table over which takeaways, teas or tickets are traded and legal |
| MIXEDMESSAGES | Conflicting signals, or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| HORNS | Cream- or custard-filled pastries, known in Italy as cannoncini; brass bugles traditionally used for hunting signals; or, a stag's antlers (5) |
| BONFIRES | They're lit as signals or in celebration (8) |
| MESSAGES | Signals or announcements |
| HOIST | Word for "lift", hence a group of flying colours or flags, raised as a signal; or, a crane, jack or pulley with which to heave, elevate or winch (5) |
| ROYAL | System of change-ringing with ten bells; or, a red deer stag with antlers of 12 or more branches or points (5) |
| RADIATE | To diverge from a point or points (7) |
