| LONGU | Extended vowel sound, as in "cute" |
| DRAWL | Speak with extended vowels |
| TILDE | Diacritical mark placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a 'ny' sound, as in senor (5) |
| SCREECHING | High-pitched sound as in pain or fright (10) |
| TRIGRAPH | Group of three letters representing a single sound, as in the igh of light (8) |
| DIGRAPH | Combination of two letters representing a single speech sound, as in oh and ng (7) |
| HISSES | Makes sharp sibilant sounds as in disapproval/ scoffs |
| RHYME | Make matching sounds as in maybe and baby |
| INCIDENTALMUSIC | ... and slim in cute pants, in charge for film soundtrack, maybe |
| LUCKIEST | Most fortunate in cute silk dress (8) |
| KITCHENUNITS | Thinks in cute ways about domestic cupboards (7,5) |
| MOLECULARWEIGHT | Mass based on C playing in cute Wigmore Hall |
| AUTHENTIC | Genuine hat in cute condition (9) |
| ASWEETTOOTH | Taste for sugar in cute canine? (1,5,5) |
| GLOMPED | Bear-hugged, in cute slang |
| ETA | Evident in cute tailor's letter from Greece (3) |
| ADULTEDUCATION | Flattery overwhelms daughter in cute pants, it's learnt later (5,9) |
| PRETTILY | Newborn pigs curling up within confines of pigsty, in cute way |
| CUTITFINE | Almost leave it too late to fit in cute trick (3,2,4) |
| ASSONANT | Having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables. |
