| VENT | Small opening for the escape of fumes |
| INVENT | Devise small opening for the escape of fumes at home earlier (6) |
| UBENDS | What devices in drainage pipes prevent the escape of fumes? (1 -5) |
| CHIMNEY | Word for a fireplace or furnace originally, later a stack for the escape of said hearth's fumes and smoke (7) |
| VENTS | Holes for the escape of gas or air (5) |
| LEAK | Homophonous with the name of a spring onion-like scallion, a word for a crack allowing the escape of liquid, gas or figurative secret information (4) |
| SKYEBOATSONG | Song recalling the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 |
| EXODUS | Which Old Testament book recounts the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt? (6) |
| SKYE | Hebridean island immortalised in a song describing the escape of the young pretender Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie (4) |
| UBEND | Curve in a pipe or drain that traps water and prevents the escape of noxious fumes or vapours (1-4) |
| NUMBERTHESTARS | Lois Lowry's work of historical fiction about the escape of a Jewish family during World War II |
| EARWIGS | Rudely swearing after the escape of new bugs |
| LEAKAGE | The escape of water or other fluid from a hole in a vessel (7) |
| SPILLAGE | The escape of oil from its container, such as a tanker (8) |
| ARGO | 2012 film starring U.S. actor Ben Affleck about the escape of U.S. diplomats from Iran (4) |
| THEODESSAFILE | Frederick Forsyth novel about the escape of SS members after WWII (3,6,4) |
| EYELET | Small opening for a shoelace (6) |
| SLOT | Small opening, for a coin say (4) |
| SPEAR | Conference possibly has small opening for Gore (5) |
| REPETITEUR | Singing coach engineers small opening for useless tenor finally |
