### Clue: Blaze initially beyond fury, something exceptional needed to contain it — might this help? (9)
### Answer: FIREBREAK 
 ### Explanation: Definition: might this help
 **1st letter of**(… initially) "Blaze" **placed after**(beyond) IRE(fury;anger) ] **contained in**(… needed to contain it) FREAK(something exceptional;unusual).
Defn: A strip of ploughed or cleared land that might help contain a forest fire.