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Shelter For Fine Candlestick Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SCONCE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather

• a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate

• a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce

• a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light

25%7 A spiked candlestick
noun

• a sharp metal spike to hold a candle

• male deer in his second year

25%5Candlestick shape
noun

• a convex shape that narrows toward a point

• the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• stick of wax with a wick in the middle

verb

• diminish gradually

• give a point to

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