| Text | Length |
| Adjusts, as lights | 18 |
| Turns the lights down | 21 |
| Turns down, as a light | 22 |
| Turns down, as a lamp | 21 |
| Takes down the lights | 21 |
| Switches to low beams | 21 |
| Switches to low beam | 20 |
| Softens, as lights | 18 |
| Puts on the low beam | 20 |
| Opacates | 8 |
| Makes less glaring | 18 |
| Makes headlights less bright | 28 |
| Makes faint | 11 |
| Lowers, as a light | 18 |
| Lowers the wattage on | 21 |
| Lowers the lights | 17 |
| Lowers the light | 16 |
| Loses sharpness | 15 |
| Lessens in intensity | 20 |
| Gets faint | 10 |
| Becomes less luminous | 21 |
| Adjusts to create a mood, as lights | 35 |
| Adjusts lights, as for romantic effect | 38 |
| Not-too-bright sort | 19 |
| Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | 44 |
| Not-so-great plan | 17 |
| Cacophony | 9 |
| Crowd sound | 11 |
| Assault on the ears | 19 |
| Nap disturber | 13 |
| Subway feature | 14 |
| "Gunga ___" | 21 |
| Annoying noise | 14 |
| Tumultuous noise | 16 |
| Kipling hero | 12 |
| Disturber of the peace | 22 |
| Headache intensifier | 20 |
| Crowd commotion | 15 |
| Clatter | 7 |
| Background noise | 16 |
| Thunder | 7 |
| Big racket | 10 |
| Noisy tumult | 12 |
| Kipling's "Gunga ___" | 35 |
| Huge racket | 11 |
| Headache cause | 14 |
| Confused noise | 14 |
| Cause for earplugs | 18 |
| Yelling | 7 |
| Noisy clamor | 12 |
| Loud, continuous noise | 22 |
| Loud commotion | 14 |
| Jumble of loud sounds | 21 |
| Yelling, e.g. | 13 |
| When repeated, a kid's meal | 31 |
| Unpleasant noise | 16 |
| Shivaree | 8 |
| Persistent noise | 16 |
| Last word of nine verses of a Kipling poem | 42 |
| Kipling's Gunga | 19 |
| Kipling's "Gunga __" | 34 |
| Kipling's ''Gunga ___'' | 43 |
| Gunga ___ | 9 |
| Gunga | 5 |
| Great noise | 11 |
| Ear assault | 11 |
| Deafening noise | 15 |
| Continuous babble | 17 |
| Clamour | 7 |
| A lot of noise | 14 |
| When repeated, meal for the pets | 32 |
| What a lot of partiers make | 27 |
| Very loud noise | 15 |
| Unsettling noise | 16 |
| Unholy noise | 12 |
| Tumultuous sound | 16 |
| Today's music, to parent's ears | 39 |
| Tintamarre | 10 |
| Sound of traffic | 16 |
| Sonic welter | 12 |
| Rush-hour street sounds, e.g. | 29 |
| Reason to wear earplugs | 23 |
| Real racket | 11 |
| Raucousness | 11 |
| Pink noise, say | 15 |
| Peace disrupter | 15 |
| Noise at Babel | 14 |
| No soothing sound | 17 |
| Major racket | 12 |
| Lotsa noise | 11 |
| Lot of noise | 12 |
| Large racket | 12 |
| Jumble of noise | 15 |
| It may be produced at a construction site | 41 |
| Heavy metal, to many listeners | 30 |
| Headache sufferer's bane | 28 |
| Headache producer | 17 |
| Half of junior's meal? | 26 |
| Half of a tot's evening meal? | 33 |
| Gunga _____ | 11 |
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