| VOWEL | Not a consonant! (5) |
| RHYME | From Greek meaning "to flow", word for a crambo; a couplet or other piece of assonant verse; a poem; a consonant Cockney phrase/idiom; or, any chime, jingle or tink (5) |
| ELIDE | Vowellike sound that serves as a consonant (5) |
| ROMEO | Radio operators' code word for a consonant (5) |
| AVOWAL | They say it's not a consonant - I swear! |
| OSKAR | Heroic Schindler (or if you swap a consonant, "Sesame Street"'s grouch) |
| ETA | Greek letter, originally a vowel but later a consonant |
| ASPIRATE | To follow a consonant sound with a forceful expulsion of air, as in the h of hat, hair etc. (8) |
| SEMIVOWEL | Speech sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant (9) |
| SPIRANT | A consonant uttered with a continuous expulsion of breath (7) |
| UROU | Three vowels around a consonant |
| CEDILLA | Mark under a consonant in French, perhaps (7) |
| IOWA | State spelt without a consonant, listener might conclude |
| CONSONANTAL | Functioning as a consonant |
| SEA | Pronounced a consonant in "ocean" (3) |
| SIERRA | Code word for a consonant in radio communications (6) |
| LAMINAL | Of a consonant sound, produced by blocking the passage of air with the blade of the tongue (7) |
| TILDE | Mark placed over a letter, such as the n in the Spanish sefior, indicating a palatal nasal consonant(5) |
| HARDG | The first consonant sound (but not the fourth consonant sound) in the word 'Gadget': word + letter |
| HARDC | The second consonant in "cicada," but not the first |
