Related Clues:

• URL component
• URL punctuator
• Flare's opp.
• It precedes any of the five circled "words"
• Spire or obelisk, e.g.
• Polka finale?
• Get gradually smaller
• Make more acute
• Sound technician
• Point to be made in a sentence?
• Noted composition?
• Freckle, e.g.
• Give a point to
• Long candle
• Cross the plate