| UPTALK | Way of speaking in which everything sounds like a question |
| ALL | Everything sounds to be a bit of a bore! (3) |
| OTOSCOPE | Checks if one has a problem with The Hearing by going through various channels to see if everything sounds okay (8) |
| ASKANCE | Sounds like a question for the aunts and a look of disapproval (7) |
| ACCENT | Way of speaking in a cricket club supplied with no end of alcohol (6) |
| ECCENTRIC | At first clipped way of speaking in e.g. Morecambe is a bit odd |
| HARPO | Dumb actor had a way of speaking in house (5) |
| AWARE | Mindful that it sounds like a question of location (5) |
| KIA | Car whose name sounds like a question in Hindi |
| CARDINAL | From Latin for "hinge", a senior RC priest, regarded as of pivotal importance, on which everything else turns; or, a fritillary butterfly, redbird or shade of scarlet, in a hue reminiscent of said pre |
| WYE | Letter that sounds like a question |
| WEN | Chinese surname that sounds like a question |
| HARPY | Nasty woman's way of speaking in dance (5) |
| SERPENT | Malicious person with way of speaking in imperfect tense (7) |
| SLANG | Informal way of speaking in various languages (5) |
| WATT | Sounds like a question you'd ask, somehow at tracking this inventor? (4) |
| HOWE | Surname that sounds like a question |
| UTOPIAN | Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect (7) |
| SHALLOW | Display in which everything is lacking in substance (7) |
| WHATCANBEDONE | Are you serious that it's possible? Sounds like a question looking for inspiration! (4,3,2,4) |
