| BENCHMARK | The magistrates take note of a point of reference in the survey (9) |
| ORDINANCE | A regulation for putting one in the Survey Department (9) |
| SITONTHEBENCH | How magistrates take a rest in the park? (3,2,3,5) |
| SITSONTHE | Takes a rest in the park, as the magistrate does (4,2,3,5) |
| SCORECARD | Place to take note of a sports record? |
| CRITERION | Point of reference (9) |
| SENTIENCE | Self-reference in self-contained expression reveals awareness (9) |
| THEREFORE | Reference in logically proved proposition, mostly? |
| ETUDE | A piece of music for the practice of a point of technique? (5) |
| ASIANDATABLE | A point of reference such as the fifth letter from church officer? |
| CANARD | A false report card containing a point of reference (6) |
| PAGENUMBER | Burn map, for example, a point of reference (4,6) |
| IBID | (When citing a reference) in the same place (abbr) (4) |
| VERSE | It might serve as a reference in the Bible (5) |
| GTA | "We really got a ___ 6 reference in The Atlantic's crossword before ___ 6" |
| RETRO | Like many of the references in the book "Ready Player One" |
| TOES | Parts of the feet whose reference in a common phrase describing conformity derives from competitors placing said digits just touching the line at the beginning of a race (4) |
| OPERATE | Take note of a musical production, at first, to perform in a theatre (7) |
| DOT | One of the points appearing on a clock's face to mark the hour, hence its reference in a phrase meaning "precisely on time"; or, any other small round symbol, such as a full stop (3) |
| BREVE | Take note of a little brother embracing the first lady (5) |
