| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AROUSING | Kindling | |
| IGNITING | Kindling | |
| TINDER | Kindling | |
| FIREWOOD | Kindling | |
| AWAKENING | Kindling (interest) | |
| IGNITION | The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire. | |
| ACCENSION | The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. | |
| MATCHMAKING | The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning. | |
| PROCATARXIS | The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause. | |
| INCENSION | The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire. | |
| BAVIN | A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood. | |
| INFLAMMATION | The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. | |
| LIGHTWOOD | Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze. | |
| ENTHUSIASM | Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest;... | |