| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ARBITER | Referee | |
| MODERATE | Fair referee | |
| OMBUDSMAN | Public referee | |
| REDCARD | Referee’s item | |
| REF | Referee (coll) | |
| WHISTLE | Referee’s signal | |
| WHISTLEBLOWER | Referee who squeals? | |
| MEDIATE | Act as referee | |
| ARBITRATE | Act as referee | |
| EASE | Alleviate the vowels for referee | |
| UMPIRE | Referee was a bit plump, I reckon | |
| REFERENDARY | One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. | |
| REFERENDUM | Referee mostly stood before nitrogen mud flowed back to vote on issue | |
| SEQUESTER | A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee. | |