| GLANCED | Had a quick look at the candle flickering after midnight (7) |
| CLYDE | Keep hot and cold, extremely lucky with a candle flickering on site of 3Dn (5,3,5,5) |
| FORTHAND | Keep hot and cold, extremely lucky with a candle flickering on site of 3Dn (5,3,5,5) |
| CANAL | Keep hot and cold, extremely lucky with a candle flickering on site of 3Dn (5,3,5,5) |
| DECATHLON | Hot candle flickering during athletics competition (9) |
| CONFIRM | Get the go-ahead, having had a quick look at stable (7) |
| SCANNED | Had a quick look at can's end drunkenly (7) |
| KIPLING | English writer and poet had a quick snooze with a marine food fish (7) |
| GLANCES | Has a quick look at German weapons (7) |
| TOOKTEN | Had a quick break |
| BLEWOUT | What the tyre did to the candle? (4,3) |
| BLOWOUT | Feast at which the candles won't stay alight? (7) |
| SNUFFIT | Die (having put the candle out?) (5,2) |
| BLOWING | Extinguishing the candles on a cake, say |
| GLIMPSED | Had a quick look at |
| SKIMTHROUGH | Have a quick look at the "Milk While Dieting" section? (4,7) |
| GLANCE | Take a quick look at the German leader with a cavalry weapon (6) |
| SCENTED | Like the candles from Yankee Candle |
| INHALED | Got ready to blow out the candles, say |
| PEAK | Heard to have a quick look at the top part |
