### Clue: Vessel like that burning midnight oil, dash of paraffin thrown in (4,5)
### Answer: SOUP PLATE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Vessel
 SO(like that, as in "This is done so") + [UP LATE](burning the midnight oil/working late into the night) **containing**(… thrown in) **1st letter of**(dash of) "paraffin".