| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MUTE | Deaden (sound) | |
| MUFFLE | Deaden sound | |
| BUFFET | To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. | |
| PUGGING | Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening. | |
| DEADEN | To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. | |