### Clue: Gasp! Cut drying clutch and engine part (3-6)
### Answer: AIR-INTAKE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Gasp,engine part
 "airing"(drying by exposing to air) **minus its last letter**(Cut) + TAKE(to seize;to clutch). Double defn: 1st: An intake of air; and 2nd: The part of an internal combustion engine through which air is drawn.