| Rap |
| Tap |
| Deride |
| Pan-___ |
| Badmouth |
| Criticize |
| Bad-mouth |
| Beef about |
| Engine sound |
| Engine noise |
| End a gin game |
| Find fault with |
| Rap on the door |
| Wander aimlessly |
| Seek an opening? |
| Ring alternative |
| Pound on the door |
| Company indicator? |
| Sound at a séance |
| Harbinger of company |
| Rapper's introduction |
| Criticize, so to speak |
| Troublesome engine noise |
| Repeated, a kind of joke |
| Disparage — seek admittance |
| Sound eliciting a "Who's there? |
| Word repeated before "Who's there? |