Judges fool scattering roses across south (9)
I believe the answer is:
assessors
'judges' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'fool scattering roses across south' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'ass' (ass is a kind of fool).
'scattering' is an anagram indicator.
'across' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'south' becomes 's' (synonyms).
'roses' with letters rearranged gives 'esors'.
'esors' enclosing 's' is 'essors'.
'ass'+'essors'='ASSESSORS'
(Other definitions for assessors that I've seen before include "Specialist advisors" , "Judges" .)