The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CANDLES
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More clues leading to the result CANDLES
- Carved lances left with devastating tapers
- They illuminate a hundred and fifty tablets
- Literary luminaries caught with Ol’ Blue Eyes at the end
- Tree decorations also found in non-U things like this
- They illuminate the prop of a ‘Two Ronnies’ sketch x 4
- Sources of light in front of church and supported by the French
- Ron needs handles for light?
- Able to repair sled tapers
- 19 evening may require these wicked lights
- Note L is etched into walking-sticks and torches
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The straight part
We know that "19 evening may require these/wicked lights" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case 19 evening may require these/wicked lights = candles.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CANDLES mean?
CANDLES noun- A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
- To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.