We’ve selected these answers for “Opening” based on how often they’ve appeared alongside this exact clue or its close variations in popular crossword formats and publications.
Possible Answers:
- GAP
- VENT
- HOLE
- APERTURE
- OVERTURE
- SLOT
- ORIFICE
- UNLOCKING
- VACANCY
- MOUTH
- FIRST
- OUTLET
- SLIT
- BEGINNING
- WINDOW
- CHANCE
- CLEFT
Synonyms and Definitions
GAP
- Synonyms: breach, break, col, crack, disruption, interruption, spread
VENT
- Synonyms: air, air out, blowhole, give vent, outlet, release, vent-hole, ventilate, volcano
HOLE
- Synonyms: cakehole, fix, gob, golf hole, hole out, hollow, jam, kettle of fish, maw, mess, muddle, pickle, trap, yap
OVERTURE
- Synonyms: advance, approach, feeler, preliminary, prelude
SLOT
- Synonyms: expansion slot, one-armed bandit, time slot
ORIFICE
- Synonyms: porta
UNLOCKING
- Synonyms: unlock
VACANCY
- Synonyms: emptiness, vacuum, void
MOUTH
- Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, mouthpiece, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, sass, sassing, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
FIRST
- Synonyms: 1st, beginning, commencement, first base, first gear, first-class honours degree, foremost, get-go, inaugural, initiative, initiatory, kickoff, low, low gear, maiden, number 1, number one, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time, world-class
OUTLET
- Synonyms: electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, exit, issue, mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, vent, wall plug, wall socket, way out
SLIT
- Synonyms: cunt, dent, incision, prick, puss, pussy, scratch, slice, snatch, twat
BEGINNING
- Synonyms: begin, commence, first, get, get down, lead off, origin, root, rootage, set about, set out, source, start out
WINDOW
- Synonyms: windowpane
CHANCE
- Synonyms: adventure, bump, casual, encounter, find, fortune, gamble, happen, hazard, luck, opportunity, probability, prospect, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances
CLEFT
- Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, crevice, dissected, fissure, rive, scissure, split, stick
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- GAP also appears as an answer in Unfilled space crossword clue 3, 4, 6 and 7 letters.
- OUTLET also appears as an answer in Release crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 letters.