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20 answers for: Slender candles; or, waxed spills or wicks for tra...
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TAPERSSlender candles; or, waxed spills or wicks for transferring flames (6)
LAMPSDevices with either electric bulbs or wicks for burning oil or paraffin (5)
TAPERFrom the Latin word "papyrus" due to its use as a wick, a candle in Anglo-Saxon times, later a thin waxed spill; or, a gradual narrowing (5)
UPSETSSpills, or capsizes (6)
CANDLESSlender upright buds of pine trees; or, wick-centred items such as tealights or tapers (7)
SLOPSSpills or flows over edge of vessel (5)
SCONCEA 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)
SPLINTFragment of diamond; another word for a spill for transferring a flame to fireplace or candle; or, a flexible lath used in basketry (6)
STICKSQuills of cinnamon bark; bows for fiddles; supports for candles; or, hurdles in steeplechasing (6)
LIGHTSIlluminations such as lamps, candles or solar rays; greenhouse panes; divisions of mullion windows; or, white squares reserved for answers in crosswords (6)
CARTONContainer of cardboard or waxed paper (6)
PATROLInverted spill or taper partly needed ___ to show them the way? (6)
USANCETime permitted for transferring note in dubious cause (6)
SIPHONTube for transferring liquid from one container to another (6)
HITMANJohn Wick, for one
LAUNCHCeremony for transferring a ship to water, traditionally with the smashing of a bottle of champagne over its bow (6)
TALLOWCandle or soap substance (6)
WICKEDLike a candle or like a witch
VOTIVEKind of candle or Mass
SPILLQuantity 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)