| 100% | NASAL | 5 | Sounding like one has a cold, say |
| 56% | NASAL | 5 | Like one's voice when one has a cold, maybe |
| 56% | AILS | 4 | Has a cold, say |
| 54% | AIL | 3 | Have a cold or the flu, say |
| 52% | EWE | 3 | One having a little lamb like Mary |
| 52% | CLIME | 5 | Iceland has a cold one |
| 52% | MONDAYS | 7 | Sounds like someone has a case of the __ |
| 52% | AIL | 3 | Ache all over or have a cold, say |
| 51% | NASAL | 5 | Sounding like a cold sufferer |
| 50% | HOOKSUP | 7 | Has a one-night stand, say |
| 50% | LIVEALONE | 9 | Have a one-person apartment, say |
| 48% | NASAL | 5 | Sounding like someone with a bad cold |
| 48% | SLUR | 4 | Sound like you've had a few too many |
| 47% | ALLSPICE | 8 | Sounds like a lot of flavor for one dried berry |
| 47% | MALADYLUCK | 10 | Getting over a cold in one day, say? |
| 47% | ICET | 4 | Rapper that sounds like a cold 115 Down |
| 47% | FIRSTAID | 8 | Everyone should have a kit like this one |
| 47% | NAY | 3 | Vote that sounds like something a horse says |
| 47% | LOUD | 4 | Like a high-decibel sound, say |
| 47% | ICET | 4 | Rapper whose name sounds like a cold beverage: Hyph. |
| 46% | NAY | 3 | Congressional vote that sounds like what a horse says |
| 46% | VOTE | 4 | Have one's say, in a way |
| 45% | IHOP | 4 | Chain restaurant whose name sounds like something a rabbit might say? |
| 45% | TRUE | 4 | Like everything one guard says, in a classic riddle |
| 45% | YUNI | 4 | Kamila Andini film that sounds like a prefix meaning "one," one time |
| 45% | ROBYN | 5 | Name that sounds like (but is one letter off from) a bird |
| 44% | GRUNTS | 6 | Low, guttural sounds, like the ones made by a pig |
| 44% | BEERME | 6 | "I'll have a cold one, please" ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across |
| 44% | IROC | 4 | Old sports car that sounds like something a heavy-metal musician would say |
| 44% | SPEKE | 5 | English explorer whose name sounds like something you might say to a dog |