| SHAMASH | The 'servant' candle on the Chanukiah (Hebrew) (7) |
| SHAMMES | Synagogue servant, lighter candle on the chanukkiah (Hebrew) (7) |
| SHAMMASH | Synagogue sexton or the 'server' candle on the Chanukkiah (Hebrew) (8) |
| AGES | Puts another candle on the cake |
| BUTTERY | A pantryman's room for plate and provisions on a large estate - its name, from the Old French "bouteillerie", reflects the servant's original role as the keeper of the "bottles" (7) |
| MISLAID | Is left in the keeping of the servant and lost (7) |
| TAVERNS | The servant transformed pubs (7) |
| VERMEER | Dutch artist Johansson played the servant of in Girl With A Pearl Earring (7) |
| AGE | When the number of balloons in the bouquet matches the number of candles on the cake, they reveal the honoree's ___ |
| BOGARDE | Dirk of "The Servant" |
| ALIBABA | Arabian Nights character aided by the servant-girl Morgiana (3,4) |
| LACKEYS | The servants want, yes, to have freedom (7) |
| MENIALS | The servants are killed returning to me (7) |
| FIREMEN | Discharge the servants --- they can go to blazes! (7) |
| HELPOUT | Lend hand when the servant's away (4,3) |
| MOOMBA | Where in South Australia did the tradition of Carols by Candlelight begin, when in the 19th century Cornish miners sang carols on Christmas Eve lit by candles on the brims of their safety helmets? (6) |
| BLOWING | Extinguishing the candles on a cake, say |
| DESSERTWIND | What might beat you to blowing out the candles on the cake? |
| BLOWOUT | Extinguish (candles on a birthday cake) (4,3) |
| BLEW | I made a wish after I ... out all the candles on the birthday cake (4) |
