| RASED | Brought down, strange though it may sound |
| WORST | Best, strange as it may sound (5) |
| WHOLE | It may sound like a gap, but it's complete |
| MIGHT | It may sound very small, but there's power there! (5) |
| SIREN | It may sound warning of a bewitching singer (5) |
| ODDLY | "Strange as it may sound ..." |
| SNORT | It may sound piggish to inhale a drug (5) |
| KNEEL | 'Get ready to pray? It may sound negative to Gaeilgeoirs |
| QUARK | Name derived from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake for a subatomic particle with six subspecies or flavours comprising top, bottom, up, down, strange and charm (5) |
| GRATE | Great sound, though it may be harsh to the ear (5) |
| CAROM | Goldfinches collectively; or, one of six flavours of quark along with up, down, strange, top and bot |
| CYNIC | He sees no good in privacy, nice though it may be (5) |
| HIVES | They store honey, rash though it may be (5) |
| EYRIE | Lofty home that may sound strange to some (5) |
| ASSET | May sound bitter, but it's a blessing (5) |
| DYE | Some do it for a living, strange as it may sound |
| GRUFF | Note: reeve's mate may sound abrupt (5) |
| GROWL | To expand at fifty may sound threatening (5) |
| TUNER | At the piano, he may sound a bit monotonous (5) |
| NEIGH | How a horse may sound outmoded and negative to the ear (5) |
