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The answer

VENT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VENT answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• GAP (127 uses in xd)
• INTRO (22 uses in xd)
• SLOT (21 uses in xd)
• APERTURE (18 uses in xd)
• HOLE (18 uses in xd)

Other clues for VENT

Every other clue in this collection answered by VENT, most used first.

• Let off steam - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Blow off steam - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Outlet - used 35 times, most recently in 2012
• Air outlet - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Dryer outlet - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Let it all out - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Let off some steam - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Air out - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Air duct - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Get something off your chest - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Ductwork opening - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Hole in the wall? - used 7 times, most recently in 2016

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Skin opening - PORE, used 194 times
• Narrow opening - SLIT, used 151 times
• Job opening - SLOT, used 84 times
• Fence opening - GATE, used 75 times
• Schedule opening - SLOT, used 65 times
• Broadway opening - ACTI, used 62 times

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