Attention-getting sounds
The crossword clue "Attention-getting sounds" is answered by AHEMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AHEMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHEMS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HISTS (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for AHEMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AHEMS, most used first.
- Throat-clearing sounds - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Attention getters - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
- Throat clearers - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- "Pardon me" grunts - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Musical sounds - TONES, used 60 times
- Pays attention to - HEEDS, used 59 times
- At attention - ERECT, used 45 times
- Getting on - AGING, used 33 times
- Haunted house sounds - MOANS, used 33 times
- Horn sounds - TOOTS, used 32 times
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