| DAVENTRY | Northants. location of Drayton Reservoir (*dry a vent) (8) |
| RAPIDITY | When taking a trip driving around the centre of Drayton at midday, I'd be prepared to watch your speed (8) |
| FUMAROLE | A vent in or near a volcano that emits hot gases (8) |
| RYEBREAD | Brown loaf may be dry: a re-mix is necessary (8) |
| TERNHILL | GWR station between Wellington and Market Drayton (4,4) |
| PITSFORD | ___ Water, Northants, for fly/ predator fishing (*PS fit rod) (8) |
| STANWICK | ___ Lakes Fisheries in Northants (*sack twin) (8) |
| LOUVRE | One of the slats of a jalousie or a shutter; old word for a dovecote; or, a medieval lantern/turret as a vent (6) |
| SMOKER | A curer of bacon, cheese, duck or salmon; a user of tobacco; a train carriage or men-only gathering for inhaling or puffing said leaf; a vent in the ocean's floor; or, in apiculture, a beekeeper's pip |
| BRANDNEW | Prepare to catch with opener for Northants just out? (5,3) |
| SWANLAKE | Speci water at Bluebell Lakes, Northants - and famous ballet (4,4) |
| VOLCANO | A vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issue eruptions of molten rock, hot rock fragments, and hot gases. Also: the subject of this puzzle. (7) |
| FIREDAMP | Sack not quite dry, a horror of mine |
| JET | Stream of fluid issuing under pressure from a vent |
| SPIGOT | A vent-peg or peg controlling a faucet (6) |
| THORNEY | A West Drayton day-ticket water (*I try nowhere) (7,4) |
| WEIR | A West Drayton day-ticket water (*I try nowhere) (7,4) |
| BRUTAL | Dry a lecturer's Rottweiler (6) |
| SEAPORT | Mostly dry, a wine in Bordeaux, say |
| STAIR | Quick way to dry a step |
