London Theatre's Benchmark (9)

[fatcracker1]

London theatre's benchmark (9)
Moderate perfumeand where it's put,you might say (8)
top officer absorbs this incomplete old language (6)
Important port insoutheast America (7)
Royal attendant and guide taking in square (8)
Choirmaster is keen to enlist small star (8)
Woman in a thousand's outdoor wear (6)
not done very well, I have to admit.

[fiction-factory]

Criterion

[Captain2]

4 SE-rio-US

[fiction-factory]

I'm tempted to say aerosols for the second one.
It's easier if they are numbered

[Captain2]

7 A-Nora-k

[Captain2]

6 Asterisk

[Captain2]

5 Courtier

[Captain2]

2 Centrist

[fatcracker1]

I appreciate the help Captain2 and fiction-factory, however still stuck on 2
moderate perfume and where it's put, you might say --n-r-s-
top officer absorbs this incomplete old language -o-h--

[Jackdaw33]

5 Cour T ier

[Captain2]

3 Go-thi(s)-ic

[Captain2]

Blimey fatcracker - you've been stuck all day and we get 7 minutes ;0)))

[fiction-factory]

is there a word like onnurist?

[Captain2]

... apologies 9 minutes

[fatcracker1]

Brilliant captain 2, must look up centrist? thanks

[fatcracker1]

fiction- factory onuwrist ha my thinking exactly

[fiction-factory]

CENTRIST is right

[fiction-factory]

sounds like "scent wrist"

[fatcracker1]

I'm still sceptical about gothic, a language?

[Captain2]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/centrist

[fatcracker1]

perfect explaination: scentwrist