| ASSONANCE | Poetic repetition of sounds, as used in Poe's "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" |
| PAWN | Piece a€“ albeit weak a€“ numerous at the outset? (4) |
| QUAINT | "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a ____ and curious volume" (Edgar Allan Poe) |
| THERAVEN | 1845 poem by Edgar Allan Poe which begins: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" (3,5) |
| POE | *"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..." |
| BABEL | A confusion of sounds as babe gets a loudspeaker at first (5) |
| TRANSDUCERS | They might convert extremes of sound as current |
| SILENCE | Absence of sound, as involving the French |
| ALLITERATION | Repetition of sounds in a sentence (12) |
| ECHOLALIA | Repetition of sounds from a local hive (not very buzzy) |
| DREARY | "Once upon a midnight ___, while I pondered, weak and weary..."(6) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | "Once upon a midnight dreary . . ." |
| RAVEN | Poe poem that starts "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" |
| ECHO | Repetition of sound caused by a reflection of sound waves (4) |
| ONCE | ___ upon a midnight dreary ... (start of The Raven) |
| DUPIN | Chevalier Auguste, amateur detective in Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue (5) |
| OPERATE | Give a speech about peripheral characters in Poe's work (7) |
| ORANG | Animal in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| BURIEDALIVE | Like Fortunato, in Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" |
| LENORE | Lost love in Poe's "The Raven" |
