Material for lighting a fire (8)

I believe the answer is:

kindling

(Other definitions for kindling that I've seen before include "Fire-starting material" , "Material for starting a fire" , "Twigs for lighting fires" , "Fire-lighting material" , "Material for starting fires" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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