| TORCH | A large candle; or, a flashlight (5) |
| STICK | A bow for a fiddle; a conductor's baton; a tall support for a tapering candle; or, a walking-cane (5) |
| TAPER | A gradual narrowing; a feeble light; a slender candle; or, a waxed wick or spill for conveying a flame (5) |
| SPILL | Quantity of upset milk or oil, for example; or, a splinter of wood or twist of paper for transferring a flame to a candle or an open fire (5) |
| USHER | The person in the cinema with a flashlight (5) |
| ROMAN | Mr Kemp is associated with candle or numeral (5) |
| SPLINT | Fragment of diamond; another word for a spill for transferring a flame to fireplace or candle; or, a flexible lath used in basketry (6) |
| SHONE | Worked like a flashlight |
| SHINE | Use, as a flashlight |
| LIT | Descriptor for a candle or a party |
| WAXEN | Like candles or crayons |
| WICK | Dialect for a creek, dairy farm, hamlet or village; or, related to "roll of lint, yarn", a long twist of cotton fibres by which a candle or lamp's flame is fed or fuelled with beeswax, oil or tallow ( |
| SCONCE | A fort/earthwork defending a ford or castle gate; a screen or shelter from fire or the weather; or, a decorative wall bracket for candles or lights (6) |
| STUB | The counterfoil of a cheque, receipt or ticket; the remaining part of a docked tail; or, the truncated remnant of a candle or pencil, e.g. (4) |
| LANTERN | A portable lamp with a glass or paper case protecting a candle or an electric bulb; or, the light within (7) |
| AAS | They may come with a flashlight or a remote control |
| WICKED | Like a candle or like a witch |
| CIERGES | Large candles lit in eg CE, Sir (7) |
| LASH | What's taken from a flashlight for a flight |
| NONO | Canoeing at night without a flashlight, e.g. |