Stands to reason as band throw to the audience (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
rings true
'stands to reason' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'band throw to the audience' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'band' could be 'ring' (a ring is a band of metal) and 'ring' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rings true that I've seen before include "Sounds genuine" , "Sounds convincing" , "Sounds accurate like a clear-toned bell" .)