| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CHIRPER | Soft speech | |
| WHISPER | Soft speech | |
| HONEY-MOUTHED | Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. | |
| MEALY-MOUTHED | Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. | |
| PHONOGRAPH | ...s makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibratio... | |