| GREATBALLS | Song in which we hear of fireplace with roasting nuts? (5,5,2,4) |
| OFFIRE | Song in which we hear of fireplace with roasting nuts? (5,5,2,4) |
| MCS | They're associated with roasting and toasting |
| GRANITE | Stone fireplace with flipping hot interior (7) |
| HOBNOB | Drink together by fireplace with celebrity (6) |
| STEREO | In which we hear trees rustling - top of oaks (6) |
| EARSHOT | In which we hear they"re nearly burning! (7) |
| WITCHCRAFT | The skill of which we hear being asked? That's an art for the damned at heart! (10) |
| DODO | Old bird from which we hear the same note twice (4) |
| PRINCE | Pictures, we hear, of Will Smith's fresh role in Bel-air in the 1990s (6) |
| CHORUS | A section of a song in which a group of singers join the soloist (6) |
| ABCS | Song in which one professes their knowledge of the song |
| ORGANIST | One pulling out the stops, roasting nuts (8) |
| HEARTH | A ___ tax was in force in England from 1662- 89, based on the number of fireplaces in a household (6) |
| MANTELPIECE | Feature of fireplace in Wolf Hall, for example? (11) |
| GRATEFUL | Pleased most of fireplace has variety of fuel |
| GRATES | We hear of Alfred and Alexander, perhaps, in scrapes (6) |
| KRYPTONITE | Alien material we hear of in vault this evening |
| GROYNE | Part of abdomen, we hear, of mole (6) |
| GOA | We hear of a good runner in India (3) |
