Homophone Indicators

Neyartha's recent puzzles in The Hindu Crossword have carried well-disguised homophones, such as "team report" for CIDE{~side} and "closing word for the auditor" for YAWS{~yours}.

So I thought of putting together a set of homophone indicators. The basic trait of these words/phrases is a reference to sound or hearing.

Homophone Indicators

ACCORDING TO HEARSAY ACCORDING TO REPORT ANNOUNCED ALOUD AS WE HEAR AUDIBLE AUDIBLY AUDITOR'S AUDITIONED AURALLY BY THE MOUTH BY THE SOUND OF IT DICTATED DISCUSSED FOR THE AUDIENCE FOR THE AUDITOR FOR THE LISTENER HEARD

HEARER'S IN AUDITION IN CONVERSATION IN RECITAL IN SPEAKING IN SPEECH IT IS SAID LISTENER'S ON THE RADIO ORALLY OVERHEARD PRONOUNCED REPORT REPORTED REPORTEDLY SAID SAY

SO IT'S SAID SO TO SPEAK SO WE HEAR SOUND SOUNDED SOUNDING SOUNDS LIKE SPEAKER'S SPOKEN THEY SAY TO THE AUDIENCE TO THE AUDITOR TO THE LISTENER VOCAL VOICED WE HEAR WHEN HEARD

[Update 02-Oct-2026]: On a related note, solvers and setters working with homophones or sound-alike words might find this tool useful: RhymeHamster, a personal project of Jeremy Desmon.

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