| FUSIL | Based on Latin for "hearth" or "fireplace", word for a steel for a tinderbox; a light flintlock musket; or, an elongated heraldic lozenge (5) |
| FUEL | From Latin for "hearth, fireplace", word that has shifted in meaning from where the fire was laid, to the coal, kindling, logs or peat burnt in it (4) |
| LEEK | Clients out of nickel, steel for a symbol of Welshness (4) |
| FLINT | What spark-producing material was kept in a tinderbox? (5) |
| CADENCE | Based on Latin for "to fall", the close of a musical phrase or section; a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a sentence; or, rhythmic flow (7) |
| PANADA | Based on Latin for "bread", a variety of thick bread soup or roux (6) |
| CINDERELLA | A drudge of sooty hearth or scullery; or, a "rags-to-riches" girl, idea, person or thing, in a fairy tale or real life (10) |
| SPARK | A real or figurative fiery particle that, while tiny, can ignite a bomb, emotion, idea, tinderbox or even a revolution (5) |
| FOUGASSE | Name, from Latin's "focus" or "fireplace", for a traditional Provencal leaf-shaped "hearth bread" (8) |
| SWORDS | Steels for fencing or brandished in battle dances or pyrrhics; snouts of billfish or marlin; or, a tarot suit (6) |
| FENDER | A guard on hearth, or for boat (6) |
| INGLE | Archaic term for a domestic fire or fireplace, thought to derive from Scottish Gaelic (5) |
| ZUMBA | Fitness program based on Latin dance moves |
| FORGE | What is a hearth or furnace for heating metal? (5) |
| JAMB | The side post or lining of a doorway, window or fireplace (4) |
| FUSILS | Light flintlock muskets |
| IRONORE | Raw material for a steel factory |
| MAGNETICTAPESTRY | Efficient wall decor for a steel vault? |
| HOOF | Place for a steel shoe |
| ATRE | French word for hearth |
