| ECHOIC | Onomatopoeic, of a word imitating the sound it represents (6) |
| MIAOW | A word imitating the characteristic crying sound of a cat (5) |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Formation of words imitating the sound of a noise, such as pop and whoosh |
| SPLATS | Onomatopoeic word imitating sounds of wet or messy things striking surfaces; slang for squashed bug-like symbols called asterisks; or, vertical elements central to chairs' backs (6) |
| HIC | Word imitating a hiccup (3) |
| DIKDIK | Antelope named for the sound it makes when frightened |
| PEEWIT | Name for a lapwing or green plover which is onomatopoeic of its call (6) |
| CHILLI | It's hot stuff, but it doesn't sound it! (6) |
| CUCKOO | This bird is known for laying its eggs in other bird species' nests. Its name derives from the sounds it makes. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 5, scene 1), Worcester says, "And being fed by us you used us s |
| SYMBOL | It represents the sound of a percussion instrument (6) |
| YCROSS | It represents the tree of knowledge. Why? At the end, it has pain (1-5) |
| INVITE | Ask one hospitably to partake of vine it represents (6) |
| STAYED | Remained remarkably steady (and sounds it) |
| THERAM | Common name for the constellation Aries, from the winged mythological animal it represents (3,3) |
| SATANG | It represents change in Thailand (6) |
| DEE | The fourth letter by the sound it? of Nobel visible Prize scales of |
| APING | Imitating the sound of a bullet (5) |
| CLARABELLA | An organ stop imitating the sound of a flute |
| CYMBAL | Vocally it represents instrument (6) |
| REDINK | It represents financial loss |