| CAROLS | A hundred solar pieces make up candlelight hymns |
| WEB | Few ebony pieces make for a world wide one |
| STRIPS | Thin pieces make a cruise on board (6) |
| GIRANDOLE | Candelabrum with pendants of cut glass; a chandelier or lustre; wall bracket or sconce with a mirror behind to reflect the candlelight; or, a type of revolving firework (9) |
| GLOW | Word describing the radiance emitted by the moon, a star, candlelight or the phosphorescent bioluminescence of a firefly, will-o'-the-wisp or foxfire (4) |
| VIGIL | Candlelight ceremony of a sort |
| DININGCOMPANION | Partner at a candlelight supper |
| CAROL | Part of a candlelight ceremony, maybe |
| ROMANTIC | Like a candlelight dinner (8) |
| DINE | Have a meal by candlelight, say |
| RHUBARB | Leaf-stalks grown under forcers, sometimes harvested by candlelight, cooked and eaten as a fruit (7) |
| NOEL | Song sung by candlelight, perhaps |
| NEWBRUNSWICK | Modern barn runs on candlelight on Canadian coast (3,9) |
| BISTROS | One might eat by candlelight at restaurants such as these |
| BLOWOUT | So dispense with candlelight for the banquet? |
| WICKLOW | Why very little candlelight in part of Ireland? |
| ONADATE | Enjoying the meal-by-candlelight perhaps: 3 wds. |
| IDLECHAT | Angrily leaves flickering candlelight - airy persiflage! (4,4) |
| RUTTER | John, Candlelight Carol composer (6) |
| BASQUEINTHEGLOW | Bilbao fellow working by candlelight, maybe? |
