| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SHOCK | Startle | |
| JOLT | Startle | |
| ALARM | Startle | |
| STARTLED | Of Startle | |
| STARTLING | Of Startle | |
| SPOOK | Startle a secret agent | |
| STURT | To vex; to annoy; to startle. | |
| AFFRAY | To startle from quiet; to alarm. | |
| BO | An exclamation used to startle or frighten. | |
| START | To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. | |
| BOPEEP | The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened. | |