| 100% | YEAS | 4 | Sounds that may be heard in passing? |
| 81% | COO | 3 | Sound that might be heard in a 16-Across |
| 69% | SNIPS | 5 | Sounds that may be heard before bangs? |
| 68% | SOBS | 4 | Sounds that might be heard at a tearjerker |
| 66% | OLE | 3 | Cry that might be heard in un estadio |
| 65% | LAIT | 4 | Rhyme for café that may be heard in a café |
| 64% | MUSIC | 5 | *Pleasant arrangement of sound that may be heard when an OCTet performs |
| 63% | BOOM | 4 | *Loud sound that may be heard as James Bond walks away from an explosion |
| 61% | NOTE | 4 | Message that might be passed in class |
| 56% | SIGH | 4 | Sound that may be heaved |
| 54% | SSSS | 4 | Sound that might have caused panic on "Strato-Lab V" as it passed the 100,000 foot mark in 1961 |
| 54% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that may be followed by "Gesundheit!" |
| 54% | ECHO | 4 | Sound that might be off the wall? |
| 54% | TRA | 3 | Sound that might be sung before "la la" |
| 54% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that might be triggered by an allergy |
| 54% | SIGH | 4 | Sound that might be accompanied by an eyeroll |
| 54% | ACHOO | 5 | Sound that might be followed by "bless you" |
| 54% | CAMPS | 5 | Taps may be heard in them |
| 53% | PSST | 4 | Sound that might be made before a whispered comment |
| 53% | BRR | 3 | Sound that might be made while rubbing the arms |
| 53% | ECHO | 4 | It may be heard in a tunnel |
| 53% | COWBELL | 7 | It may be heard in a herd |
| 53% | GONGS | 5 | They may be heard in a temple |
| 53% | ORGANISTS | 9 | They may be heard in a temple |
| 53% | ERSE | 4 | It may be heard in the Highlands |
| 52% | BOO | 3 | Taunt that may be heard at a stadium |
| 52% | CAW | 3 | Noise that may be heard by a scarecrow |
| 52% | BRAVA | 5 | Cheer that might be heard at an opera |
| 52% | HOWDY | 5 | Greeting that might be heard on a ranch |
| 52% | WHITENOISE | 10 | *Background sound that may be a sleep aid |