| MATCH | Wooden stick used to light a fire |
| SPURTLE | (Scot.) Wooden stick used to stir porridge (7) |
| CUES | Wooden sticks used to hit billiard balls |
| SPILLS | Pieces of rolled paper used to light a fire (6) |
| SPILL | Thin piece of wood used to light a fire (5) |
| GASPOKER | One used to light a fire, then talk idly before card game |
| SPLINT | A sliver of wood to light a fire (6) |
| IGNITE | I get in a mess to light a fire (6) |
| LEGALARGON | Gas used to light a courtroom? |
| GRATE | Fantastic-sounding place to light a fire! |
| EROTIC | Designed to light a fire? |
| REKINDLE | To light a fire again or revive something lost (8) |
| LATHI | A long, heavy, wooden stick used as a weapon in India (5) |
| STUMP | Upright wooden stick used in cricket to form part of a wicket (5) |
| MALLET | A long-handled wooden stick used for hitting a croquet ball (6) |
| CLAVE | Wooden stick used as a percussion instrument |
| CUE | Wooden stick used in snooker (3) |
| HURLEY | Wooden stick used in an lrish sport (6) |
| BLUSH | From "burn, light a fire, shine", a reddening of the face in response to discomfiture; a rosy glow; pale rose wine; a pinkish tinge; or, a group of boys, peaches or redbreasts (5) |
| MINDED | A bodyguard, nanny, strongarm man or other defender; a child/ward, left to be looked after; a PR aide; or, a wooden stick for propelling a hoop (6) |
