| SPIRACLE | A respiratory opening, especially in an insect (8) |
| FENESTRA | Small natural hole or opening, especially in a bone (8) |
| NOSTRILS | Respiratory openings |
| CREVICE | A narrow opening, especially in a rock or wall (7) |
| FISSURES | Long, narrow openings, especially in rock or earth (8) |
| GILLS | Fish’s respiratory openings |
| SCREENER | An official who checks people or bags in a security area, especially in an airport (8) |
| ABSENTEE | Posted in an insect ___ is that why he's missing? (8) |
| AIRLIFTS | Transports of passengers, troops or supplies by helicopter or plane, especially in an emergency or blockade (8) |
| CRASHPAD | Place to sleep, especially in an emergency (5,3) |
| NERVURE | A vein in a leaf, or in an insect's wing |
| OCULUS | In architecture, a round or eyelike opening, especially a circular window (6) |
| VISTA | View along an avenue or opening, especially a beautiful view from a high place (5) |
| FORAMEN | Anatomical opening, especially a hole in a bone through which nerves and blood vessels pass (7) |
| KATY | Woman in an insect name |
| OTH | Follower of M in an insect |
| EPICENTRE | Record one in the middle of things, especially in an earthquake (9) |
| CLERK | A worker, especially in an office, who keeps records (5) |
| PUPA | Early stage in an insect's metamorphosis |
| LARVA | Early stage in an insect's life between egg and pupa (5) |
