| ANCE | Suffix for inherit or vigil |
| ANT | Suffix for assist or vigil |
| PATROL | From "paw about" and "paddle in mud", a word for a beat, guard, night-watch, vigil or other going of the rounds; a detachment of soldiers sent on reconnaissance; or, a subdivision of a troop of Guides |
| WATCHER | One of a class of fallen angels; a person who keeps vigil; or, an eyewitness, observer, onlooker, spectator or spy generally (7) |
| WAKE | Vigil for a corpse (4) |
| DEATHWATCH | Vigil kept for a beetle (10) |
| KITTIWAKE | Announced pool vigil for high-flying colonial? (9) |
| AWAKE | Come to a vigil for the departed |
| DOGWATCH | Cerberus, say, exchanges sections for period of vigil |
| GARDENWAKE | Vigil for the dead in a lush, outdoor setting? |
| SHRINE | Place for a vigil |
| BEDSIDE | Place for a vigil |
| AWAIT | Keep vigil for |
| SUBMARINE | Setting for most of the TV series 'Vigil' (9) |
| RICK | Late actor holding vigil for one of the 8 (4,7) |
| WAKEMAN | Late actor holding vigil for one of the 8 (4,7) |
| DEATH | Hated another vigil with one insect let out or another (10,6) |
| WATCH | Hated another vigil with one insect let out or another (10,6) |
| BEETLE | Hated another vigil with one insect let out or another (10,6) |
| NIGHT | Collective hours of darkness, when the first liturgy of Christmas-tide is jubilantly celebrated on Christmas Eve to mark this transition from vigil to feast and the beginning of Christmas Day, for exa |
