A wax-coated wick used to convey a flame Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A wax-coated wick used to convey a flame last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TAPER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAPER A wax-coated wick used to convey a flame (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Apr 28, 2024
3% EDAM Wax-coated cheese (4) USA Today Oct 6, 2025
3% TAPERS Wicks coated with wax (6)
2% EVIL Wicked (4) Newsday Oct 20, 2025
2% DROVEAT Tried to convey (7) New York Times Oct 19, 2025
2% DAREDEVIL Challenged wicked madcap (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
2% LPRECORD "Wax" collectible, informally (8) New York Times Oct 11, 2025
2% BAD Wicked (3) (3) Mirror Classic Oct 7, 2025
2% FIREOPALS Flame-colored gems (9) Eugene Sheffer Oct 7, 2025
2% ILL I'm going to Wicked (3) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 7, 2025

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