Officiate (3)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">officiate</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ref that I've seen before include "In brief, he controls a soccer match" , "Whistleblower (abbr)" , "Football's whistler" , "Sports official (abbrev.)" , "Football official (colloq.)" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">officiate</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for preside that I've seen before include "Be chairman" , "Take the chair" , "Be in authority (over)" .)