| 100% | CUE | 3 | Signal to start, that sounds like "Q" |
| 56% | BSHARP | 6 | Note that sounds like a direction to think |
| 55% | DATEBAR | 7 | Baked treat that sounds like a place to meet |
| 55% | TORTE | 5 | Sweet cake that sounds like a crime to eat |
| 55% | EYE | 3 | Organ to visualize that sounds like "I" |
| 55% | HIHO | 4 | Cracker brand that sounds like a greeting to a prostitute |
| 55% | BSHARP | 6 | Note that sounds like an order to get with it? |
| 54% | CINQ | 4 | French cardinal that sounds like it's gone to the bottom? |
| 54% | NEAL | 4 | Name that sounds like a way to peacefully protest police brutality |
| 53% | HAAR | 4 | Thick sea fog that sounds like the start of a snarky laugh |
| 53% | DELHI | 5 | Indian city that sounds like a good place to get a sandwich |
| 53% | OEUF | 4 | French breakfast item that sounds like a response to a gut punch |
| 50% | AHEM | 4 | Sound that might suggest "I'd like to say something" |
| 50% | AHEM | 4 | Sound that suggests "I'd like to say something now" |
| 50% | EMPTY | 5 | Containing nothing, or a word that sounds like the initials of the answers to the starred clues |
| 50% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sounds like "a duck if the duck were a songbird," according to Angels in America |
| 49% | HITIT | 5 | Signal to start |
| 49% | CUE | 3 | Signal to start |
| 48% | CUESIN | 6 | Signals to start |
| 48% | CUES | 4 | Signals to start |
| 48% | CUED | 4 | Signaled to start |
| 48% | TONE | 4 | Signal to start speaking |
| 48% | CUE | 3 | Signal to start speaking |
| 48% | RECESSBELL | 10 | Signal to start playing |
| 48% | HELP | 4 | "How Can I ___ You," 2023 short film starring Thomasin McKenzie that sounds like the start of a customer support call |
| 48% | LET | 3 | "___ Me Explain," 2017 short film starring Ratoya Banks that sounds like a customer support executive trying to clear things up |
| 48% | STAND | 5 | "Please ___ By," 2017 film starring Dakota Fanning that sounds like a customer support executive about to put you on hold |
| 47% | TONE | 4 | Signal to start speaking, perhaps |
| 47% | HIC | 3 | Fruit-drink brand that sounds like a difficult-to-hit musical note |
| 46% | OPENINGBELL | 11 | Sound that signals the start of trading, on a stock exchange |