| 100% | OORAH | 5 | Marines' battle cry that legend says migrated from the sound of a sub's diving klaxon |
| 30% | THUD | 4 | Sound of a book hitting the floor, say |
| 29% | SPLAT | 5 | Sound of a dropped meatball hitting the floor, say |
| 29% | STOP | 4 | Cry after the sound of a bell |
| 29% | TIME | 4 | Cry after the sound of a bell |
| 29% | ARFS | 4 | Sounds from the end of a leash |
| 29% | BEEP | 4 | Sound at the end of a washing machine's cycle, say |
| 29% | HEART | 5 | Gift from the Wizard of Oz that's really a clock |
| 29% | PURR | 4 | Contented sound of a cat that got the cream |
| 28% | ALEE | 4 | On the side of a ship that's away from the wind |
| 28% | EAVE | 4 | The part of a roof that sounds like eve |
| 27% | MORAL | 5 | Conclusion of a story, or the learning from that |
| 27% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 27% | MULLET | 6 | Marine fish that's also the name of a hairstyle |
| 27% | KESTREL | 7 | American raptor that's the size of a mourning dove |
| 27% | FIN | 3 | Part of a shark that sticks up from the water |
| 27% | AIL | 3 | Is deserving of a sick note from the doc, say |
| 27% | CINNAMON | 8 | Spice that comes from the bark of a tree |
| 27% | BATS | 4 | Mammals that hang from the top of a cave |
| 26% | MARNE | 5 | Site of a W.W. I battle that saved Paris from capture |
| 26% | SWISH | 5 | Sound of a basketball shot that's "nothing but net" |
| 26% | AMER | 4 | From the U.S. of A. |
| 26% | KIPSBAY | 7 | Site of a 1776 battle that gave New York City to the British |
| 26% | HORN | 4 | Sound that signifies the end of a basketball game |
| 26% | UNCASE | 6 | Shelve the bottles from a shipment of wine, say |
| 26% | TEE | 3 | Sound of the letter that follows "S" |
| 26% | WEAREEVERYWHERE | 15 | Rallying cry that's the title of a book on the Queer Liberation Movement |
| 26% | AYE | 3 | Word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet that's not in it |
| 26% | VIEW | 4 | "You get a great ___ of the city from that tower" |
| 25% | EEK | 3 | Cry that's a homophone of 81-Across |