| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| VOICE | Speaking sound | |
| STRAIT | Sound honest when speaking | |
| MUTE | Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. | |
| HEM | To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking. | |
| HAW | To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. | |
| MONOTONY | A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing. | |
| HUM | To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. | |
| MEGAPHONE | A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet. | |