| GRADUATION | Marking a successful examination result |
| PASS | Ignore student's examination result? (4) |
| PASSBOOK | Volume presented after successful examination of account? (4,4) |
| BEACON | A signal fire on high ground; a hill suitable for such a blaze; or, a buoy or lighthouse marking a hazard such as a rock in navigable waters (6) |
| POLE | A stake formerly marking a favourable starting position in a horse race, hence the most advantageous position at the start of a motor race (4) |
| HONOURSLIST | Examination results for new dignitaries (7,4) |
| PERUSAL | Endless pleasure wrecked examination results (7) |
| REMARKS | Comments concerning examination results (7) |
| GRADED | Got the examination results and smoothed the way (6) |
| MARX | Sounds like examination results for Karl the revolutionary or Groucho (4) |
| BRANDING | Marking a cow, etc, with a hot iron (8) |
| INK | Colored fluid used for writing with a pen, for marking a rubber stamp |
| TAPE | A strip of some kind for marking a finish line, measuring, sticking etc (4) |
| HERMES | Herald of the Greek gods whose name, from "heap of rocks", refers to his representation in early times as a pillar marking a boundary (6) |
| HEADSTONE | Slab marking a grave |
| LANDMARK | Event marking a turning point |
| BUOY | Floating item often marking a hazard (4) |
| RITEOFPASSAGE | Event marking a significant transition (4,2,7) |
| TIPPINGPOINT | Moment marking a decisive change (7,5) |
| RITE | ___ of passage; event marking a stage in life |
