| POKERS | Another name for pochards; or, iron rods for kindling fires (6) |
| POKER | Iron rod for stirring a fire |
| RAILINGS | Fencing of upright iron rods (8) |
| TINDER | Dry, inflammable matter used for kindling fire (6) |
| TINDERBOX | A container for flint, steel and other essentials for kindling fire from a spark; or, by extension, anything potentially dangerous or explosive (9) |
| FAGGOT | Cigarette acquired for kindling (6) |
| BATONS | Rods for conductors and police (6) |
| DOWSER | We modify rods for diviner (6) |
| FEDORA | Iron rod bends and initially it can be tipped (6) |
| AYTHYA | Canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc (6) |
| PONTIL | Glass-blower's iron rod |
| SMEE | Dialectal name for a pochard or wigeon (4) |
| DRAKE | Male of the mallard, teal, eider, wigeon, pochard or Aylesbury (5) |
| DIVINGDUCK | Scoter, pochard, or merganser |
| DUCK | Pochard or wigeon, eg |
| OLDMASTER | Painting metal rods for distribution (3,6) |
| RUSH | A swift forward movement; a stampede; a sudden demand, burst of activity, flood/flow or euphoric thrill; or, a flock of pochards (4) |
| TWIG | Small branch used for kindling, propping a top-heavy hyacinth in a pot or to form a drey by a squirrel (4) |
| FAGGOTS | They're used for kindling spicy meat concoctions (7) |
| POINTER | Gun dogs that signal on discovering game; rods for indicating on blackboards; or, helpful hints (8) |
