Possible Clues:

• It conveys air from the larynx to the lungs
• Blow whistle in passage
• Section of orchestra to play passage
• Personal airline?
• Throat
• Trachea, air-passage from throat to lungs
• Conduit for the breath
• Capable of giving air to a character like Twist in Great Expectations from the first edition
• Women close to his heart nipped out for a breather
• Turn to go down to Tube -- one should take in the air