Threaten To Go Out Say After Midnight

[ronanne]

Cryptic

[fiction-factory]

You have omitted the letter count again.

[Mamyalynne]

Gutter

Middle of night - G + Utter (say)

[donny48]

Gutter
candles threaten to go out, utter(say) after mid ni(G)ht

[fiction-factory]

Is gutter the definition then, mamyalynne?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes , as Donny says.

[fiction-factory]

Hopefully you'll see LieinKing's guidance on your last thread regarding posting the full clue and letter count

[Mamyalynne]

Gutter

(of a flame or candle) to burn unevenly and weakly, especially before completely stopping burning:
a guttering candle

[fiction-factory]

Thanks Mamayalynne. I hadn't seen it- crossed posts do happen- but it wasn't the full clue . Im still not sure why candles = gutter but I'll think

[fiction-factory]

Crossed posts again before someone says 'look up'

[donny48]

gutter
ˈɡʌtə/
noun
noun: gutter; plural noun: gutters

1.
a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater.
synonyms: drain, sluice, sluiceway, culvert, spillway, flume, sewer; More
channel, conduit, pipe, duct, chute;
trough, trench, ditch, furrow, cut
"a tide of rainwater swept into the gutter"
used to refer to a poor or squalid existence or environment.
noun: the gutter
"men who had fought their way out of the gutter"
technical
a groove or channel for flowing liquid.
a channel on either side of a lane in a bowling alley.
2.
the blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet.

verb
verb: gutter; 3rd person present: gutters; past tense: guttered; past participle: guttered; gerund or present participle: guttering

1.
(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.
2.
archaic
make channels or furrows in (something).
"my cheeks are guttered with tears"

[Mamyalynne]

Threaten To Go Out = Gutter

[donny48]

Sorry did not mean to post all of that just the verb section.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks- I thought donny's was a correction of the clue as was needed on ronaye's last post.
I'm signing off for a bit- it's taking too long to type answers- keeps freezing