Abstract: The present invention provides a heated air recycle arrangement for a clothes dryer which can be advantageously used in a clothes dryer having an air supply; a heater arrangement for heating the air supplied by the air supply; a drying zone including having an inlet communicating with the air supply and an outlet, and further including receptacle means to retain clothes to be dried in the dryer; a blower to circulate heated air from the air supply through the drying zone; and an exhaust duct having an inlet communicating with the outlet from the drying zone and an outlet.