[Split Decisions]

Instructions

Take the ten letters in the middle of each row and split them, five on a side, to make words as defined by the clues.
Example:

Commandment word [L] [A] [B] [Y] [R] [I] [N] [T] [H] [S] Tasting of saltwater

Answer: SHALT, BRINY

Poke a fire [W] [O] [R] [K] [T] [A] [B] [L] [E] [S] Dust-up
Bear [R] [E] [P] [U] [B] [L] [I] [C] [A] [N] Come in second
Holiday home [U] [P] [H] [O] [L] [S] [T] [E] [R] [Y] Maple, for one
Venetian or vertical [T] [I] [M] [B] [E] [R] [L] [A] [N] [D] Lion's keeper
Lucky success [B] [R] [A] [K] [E] [F] [L] [U] [I] [D] Make rope