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Kew guy's playing football inside with explosives (3,6)

FA in (KEWGUYS)*

Garden tools designed for men only reportedly could have set the house alight. (6,3)

Sorry (3,6)!

And it's an obvious parse but as requested:

Guy Fawkes sounds like Guy Forks aka Gardening tools for men.

Four candles inspired indeed.

(Welcome back Anthony - et sans déguisement!0

Fek! Wagyu’s off this evening (November 5th) (3,6,5)

Rope splits - caught plotter still gets hanged, drawn and quartered (3,6)

Guy = rope
Splits = forks, caught = homophone indicator
Caught = dual use also as part of def, serves to complete misdirect of first clause implying failed execution eventually successful, The rest is historical fact

Man joined by woman on the decks, we hear, at party; he’s on fire! (3,6)

GUY joined by F on AUX
Def: AT PARTY, HE’S ON FIRE - effigy of Guy Fawkes!

Failed plotter on the fiddle definitely locked up initially for a week (3,6)

GU (a Scots fiddle) + F[or] A WK inside YES (definitely)

Did this conspiritor make fun of the sound of cutlery? 3.6

Make fun of is hidden deep in GUY2 in Chambers

Forks = FAWKES

Paul Henderson stares (according to Spooner) at fiery effigy tonight (3,6)

Phi gawks

Phi is Paul Henderson's pseudonym in the Listener, Independent and IQ. Too arcane but I could not resist.

Also - forks and Fawkes rhyme? Oh you Brits.