| Bard's Kate e.g. | 21 |
| "The Taming of the __" | 32 |
| Like skilled negotiators | 24 |
| Exceedingly clever | 18 |
| More cagey | 10 |
| Not so dumb | 11 |
| Astutely | 8 |
| With considerable cunning | 25 |
| How good investors invest | 25 |
| Chauffeur for a harpy? | 22 |
| Like Kate | 9 |
| Ill-tempered and scolding | 25 |
| Mouselike mammals | 17 |
| Chronic nags | 12 |
| Xanthippes | 10 |
| They have sharp tongues | 23 |
| Nagging, bad-tempered women | 27 |
| Soricines | 9 |
| Harsh women | 11 |
| Title of respect in India | 25 |
| Indian title: Var. | 18 |
| Title Nehru held | 16 |
| Indian title of respect: var. | 29 |
| Hindu title of respect: Var. | 28 |
| Hindu goddess of beauty | 23 |
| Horror film sound | 17 |
| Piercing cry | 12 |
| Horror movie reaction | 21 |
| "Boo!" reaction | 25 |
| Yell sharply | 12 |
| Scary movie sound effect | 24 |
| React to a ghost sighting | 25 |
| React to a ghost | 16 |
| Piercing scream | 15 |
| Pierce the air | 14 |
| Mouse reaction | 14 |
| High-pitched yell | 17 |
| Cry of fear or hilarity | 23 |
| Classic horror movie sound | 26 |
| "Eek!," e.g. | 22 |
| "Aieeeee!," e.g. | 26 |
| Horror film sounds | 18 |
| Whodunit sounds | 15 |
| Laughs hysterically | 19 |
| Horror-film sounds | 18 |
| Fun house noises | 16 |
| Cries for help | 14 |
| Given to wild laughter | 22 |
| Full of harsh cries | 19 |
| Short ___ | 9 |
| With "short," an unsympathetic rejection | 50 |
| With "short," a curt rejection | 40 |
| Short(little attention) | 23 |
| Short -- (little attention) | 27 |
| Short ___ (summary treatment) | 29 |
| Short ___ (quick work) | 22 |
| Short ___ (little attention) | 28 |
| Give short ___ | 14 |
| Confession, old style | 21 |
| Old-time impositions of penance | 31 |
| Old absolutions | 15 |
| Hooked-bill bird | 16 |
| Butcherbird | 11 |
| Pulitzer bird of 1952 | 21 |
| Oscine bird | 11 |
| Harsh-sounding bird that immobilizes its prey by impalement | 59 |
| Butcherbird or woodchat | 23 |
| Bird that impales its prey on thorns | 36 |
| Butcherbirds | 12 |
| Oscine birds | 12 |
| Umpire's call that's for the birds? | 43 |
| Screechy | 8 |
| Piercing, as a sound | 20 |
| Piercing in tone | 16 |
| Like the sound of a teakettle | 29 |
| Like many whistles | 18 |
| Like high-pitched tones | 23 |
| Like a cicadaÂ’s song | 24 |
| Like a calliope | 15 |
| Irritatingly high-pitched | 25 |
| High-pitched and piercing | 25 |
| High in an annoying way | 23 |
| Annoyingly high-pitched | 23 |
| Marked by greater intensity | 27 |
| Less pleasing to the ear | 24 |
| With stridor | 12 |
| À la Edith Bunker, voicewise | 32 |
| Tempura choice | 14 |
| Scampi requirement | 18 |
| Bubba Gump offering | 19 |
| Seafood served butterflied | 26 |
| Kabob item | 10 |
| Forrest Gump's catch | 24 |
| Delectable crustacean | 22 |
| Creole seafood | 14 |
| Cocktail crustacean | 19 |
| "Popcorn" shellfish | 29 |
| "Cocktail" seafood | 28 |
| ___ scampi | 10 |
| Seafood restaurant starter | 26 |