| STABAT | Opening of a Latin hymn |
| VENI | Opening of a Latin boast |
| IRAE | Second word of a Latin hymn |
| DEUS | Subject of a Latin hymn |
| STABATMATER | A Latin hymn on the suffering of the Virgin Mary at the Crucifixion |
| ADESTE | Word in a Latin hymn |
| FLAP | Miniature door-in-a-door for a cat; hinged leaf of a table; or, a fold of cloth or paper covering the opening of a tent, pocket or an envelope (4) |
| QED | Abbreviation of a Latin phrase for "which was to be demonstrated or proved", used at the end of a formal proof and as the title of a former BBC science documentary series (1,1,1) |
| RELEASE | An album, film, news item, song etc made available to the public; a setting free; a control mechanism on a camera's shutter; or, the opening of a steam engine's exhaust valve (7) |
| MOUTH | One's bouche; the texture of wine on one's palate, rather than its aroma or "nose"; the responsiveness of a horse to the bit; or, the opening of a bottle, cave, jar, river, volcano etc (5) |
| ASICS | Sneaker brand that's an acronym of a Latin phrase meaning "a sound mind in a healthy body" |
| SPRUCE | Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea; its name is a contraction of a Latin-derived term for Prussia (6) |
| CHA | Half of the name of a Latin American dance |
| ONE | "Out of many, ___" (translation of a Latin motto) |
| GAMBIT | Opening of a sort, in part of Africa - time for a change, finally |
| OPERCULUM | Hard flap covering certain apertures, e.g. the gill slit of a fish or the shell opening of a mollusc (9) |
| SHUTTER | A louvred or solid wood panel for an external or internal window; or, a device for regulating the opening of a camera's aperture (7) |
| ITWAS | Opening of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| ITWASTHEBESTOFT | Opening of "A Tale of Two Cit..." (TL;DR) |
| MANTEL | A shelf above the opening of a fireplace (6) |
