| OPENING | Gap, or opportunity (7) |
| LEISURE | Time or opportunity for ease, relaxation (7) |
| ENABLED | Provided with the power or opportunity (7) |
| BONANZA | Sudden large profit or opportunity (7) |
| STOPPER | Knot at the end of a rope to prevent it from slipping through a narrow gap; or, a bung for a bottle (7) |
| GODSEND | Greatly appreciated gift or opportunity |
| LACUNAE | Gaps or missing parts |
| BRIDGE | Structure such as viaduct or series of stepping stones spanning a divide or gap; or, a transitional or connecting passage in a piece of music (6) |
| GULF | From "bosom", a trough between waves; the depth of the sea; an abyss, bay, chasm, whirlpool or other deep place; or, a figurative gap or divide (4) |
| SPACER | A bar-like key, bushing, plastic cross or other thing for placing a blank, chink, gap or void between printed type, pulleys, tiles etc; or, an astronaut (6) |
| DOOR | Referred to as the "mouth of chi" in feng shui, a portal of entry; a hinged gate-like barrier/panel covering this; or, a figurative opening or opportunity (4) |
| REALITYCHECK | An occasion or opportunity to consider a matter honestly (7,5) |
| RAFT | A gap or space made by cleaving or splitting (4) |
| RIFT | Gap or space made by cleaving or splitting; fissure (4) |
| PASS | Word for a col, gap or way between mountains; an event; a fish-ladder; a free ticket; a juggling trick; a permit; a proposition; a sally of wit; or, a thrust with a sword (4) |
| LACUNA | A gap or space, especially in a book or manuscript (6) |
| EQUAL | Word with sign or opportunity |
| CHANCE | Risk or opportunity |
| MARSROVER | Curiosity or Opportunity |
| ROOM | Drive around? No time or opportunity |