| WICKS | Threads in a candle were first to turn sick |
| AMONTILLADO | Drink causes man to turn sick at a party (11) |
| CHANDLERY | Storeroom in medieval household where wax and candles were kept (9) |
| CORELLI | Musician turns sick at heart (7) |
| BLOWBYBLOW | Complete description of how the candles were put out? (4,2,4) |
| STREETWARDS | Tester turns sick rooms out (11) |
| ANDBLEWTHEMOUT | "I don't think President Bush really understood the meaning of Hanukah. After the candles were lit, |
| BOBBIN | Any one of a series of spindles used to make a form of pillow lace; or, a small spool for the lower thread in a sewing machine (6) |
| SNAG | Australian "banger"; a drawback; a pulled thread in a jumper/stocking; a short tine; or, a tree stump (4) |
| EASER | A bar for slackening threads in a loom; one that eases (5) |
| GATHERING | An assembly, bevy, congregation, crowd, flock, jamboree or party; or, a series of pleats, puckers or ruffles, made by pulling tight a thread in a line of running stitches in fabric (9) |
| MESH | The space between threads in a net; or, the way two lives can work in conjunction when they are well met (4) |
| SENDNUDES | Contribute to a racy text thread, in a way |
| GARB | Threads in a sugar bowl |
| TASSEL | Qantas seldom holds loose threads in a tuft (6) |
| SHUTTLE | A bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine |
| PICOT | A small loop of twisted thread in a lace edging |
| EYE | What is a hole for thread in a needle? (3) |
| SOH | "A needle pulling thread" in a song (3) |
| RUNATIGHTSHIP | Keep trim and taut, but pull a thread in a pantihose's pelvic area (3,1,5,4) |
