Each of the clues references two words which when combined sound like another word, which is also clued.
- The mystical glow of fellows lit by a candelabra. MEN AURA = MENORAH
- Colony member runs off to get married to deer. ANT ELOPE = ANTELOPE
- A needlefish burrow with a flower bed. GAR DEN = GARDEN
- Peer group of hotels causes harm. INN JURY = INJURY
- Desert enchantress makes lunch, perhaps. SAND WITCH = SANDWICH
- Betrayal of an oak or maple child. TREE SON = TREASON
- Uncooked monarch moves back and forth. RAW KING = ROCKING
- Noah’s assistant in building boats and gaming centers. ARK AIDE = ARCADE
- Discuss transgressions or poisons. TALK SINS = TOXINS
- Consumable bovine in a Norse epic. EDDA BULL = EDIBLE
- What a pen makes when writing on a slope. INK LINE = INCLINE
- The sister throws this weapon. NUN CHUCKS = NUNCHUKS
- An airway Sorento on a platter. TRAY KIA = TRACHEA
- The full wrath of the treefolk. ENT IRE = ENTIRE
- A wanderer’s commercial for garden decorations. GNOME AD = NOMAD
- Part of a swimming pool that you can rely on. DEEP END = DEPEND
- What someone with a mouth phobia might say when they see gum being chewed. EEK LIPS = ECLIPSE
- Something found in the freezer of campus housing by animals. DORM ICE = DORMICE
Reading the first letters of the longer words gives the phrase MAGISTRATE INTENDED. This is a clue for JUDGE MEANT, which sounds like JUDGMENT, the answer.