| Genre of crime literature | 25 |
| Film or pinot follower | 22 |
| Film --- (moody movie) | 22 |
| Film -- (dark movie genre) | 26 |
| Film -- ('50s style) | 24 |
| Film ____: bleak movie | 22 |
| Film ___ (moody genre) | 22 |
| Film ___ (dark movie genre) | 27 |
| Film ___ (bleak genre) | 22 |
| Dark film genre, informally | 27 |
| Color of some wine grapes | 25 |
| Charles de Gaulle's jet | 27 |
| Cafi ___ (black coffee) | 23 |
| Black, s'il vous plaît | 29 |
| Black, as roulette numbers | 26 |
| Black, along the Somme | 22 |
| "Drive" genre | 23 |
| "Dark" film genre | 27 |
| "Chinatown" genre | 27 |
| Bete ___ (object of hatred) | 27 |
| French for 'black' | 26 |
| Bête ___ (one's bane) | 28 |
| Bête ___ (adversary) | 23 |
| Disturber of the peace? | 23 |
| Assault on the eardrums | 23 |
| Music you don't like | 24 |
| Symptom for an auto mechanic | 28 |
| Informational distractions | 26 |
| Concentration thwarter | 22 |
| Clue for a car mechanic | 23 |
| What some punk sounds like | 26 |
| Type of urban pollution | 23 |
| Teen music, to some adults | 26 |
| Statistician's problem | 26 |
| Shrieking, screeching, etc. | 27 |
| Reason for using earplugs | 25 |
| Poltergeist manifestation | 25 |
| Pollution that's heard | 26 |
| Irrelevant facts, slangily | 26 |
| Hip-hop music, to many | 22 |
| Fans often generate it | 22 |
| Construction-site by-product | 28 |
| Cause of urban pollution | 24 |
| Boom, vroom, zoom, etc. | 23 |
| "Make some ___!" | 26 |
| Causes of some night frights | 28 |
| Snap, crackle and pop, e.g. | 27 |
| Squeaks and squeals, e.g. | 25 |
| Bangs, pops, clacks, e.g. | 25 |
| Vague references, informally | 28 |
| Snap, crackle, and pop | 22 |
| Slurps and burps, e.g. | 22 |
| Silent movie's lack | 23 |
| Creak, squeak, and shriek | 25 |
| Crashes, yells, sirens, etc. | 28 |
| Causes of ear pollution | 23 |
| Cause of some night frights | 27 |
| Cat burglars' no-nos | 24 |
| Least likely to let you sleep | 29 |
| Distracting to the max | 22 |
| In a racket-filled way | 22 |
| How people might celebrate | 26 |
| Offensively malodorous | 22 |
| Like a car without a muffler | 28 |
| Needing a new muffler, say | 26 |
| Like school lunchrooms, often | 29 |
| Like blue jays and catbirds | 27 |
| Like beer halls, usually | 24 |
| Like a bad cat burglar | 22 |
| Causing quite the clatter | 25 |
| "Swear to God!" | 25 |
| Hardly a trifling matter | 24 |
| "This is for real!" | 29 |
| "Scout's honor" | 29 |
| Finland's largest company | 29 |
| Finnish mobile phone maker | 26 |
| Finnish mobile phone giant | 26 |
| Big name in mobile phones | 25 |
| Mobile telephone giant | 22 |
| Largest Finnish company | 23 |
| Finnish smartphone maker | 24 |
| Finnish cell phone giant | 24 |
| Finnish cell phone company | 26 |
| Cambodia's Lon ___ | 22 |
| Exiled Cambodian Lon ___ | 24 |
| Cambodia's Lon ____ | 23 |
| '70s Cambodian leader | 25 |
| Palindromic Cambodian Lon ___ | 29 |
| Name in Cambodian history | 25 |
| Exiled Cambodian Lon __ | 23 |
| Lon ____ (Cambodian leader) | 27 |
| Cambodian leader Lon -- | 23 |
| Cambodian leader Lon ____ | 25 |
| Cambodian leader Lon __ | 23 |
| Cambodia's Lon _____ | 24 |
| Amtrak code in the Big Easy | 27 |
| 1970s Cambodian leader Lon | 26 |
| ___-pros (drop a suit) | 22 |
| ___-pros (court entry) | 22 |
| ___-pros (abandon a suit) | 25 |