background, past
| HISTORY |
| Word | Clue |
|---|---|
| BANG | sudden percussive noise |
| HUSH | silence, especially after some noise |
| PAST | history |
| RIOT | noise, tumult |
| TALE | history |
| TIME | Brief History of ... (Hawking) |
| TOOT | The noise of a horn or whistle |
| YORE | time long past |
| RETRO | Past fashions or trends |
| SOUND | tone, noise |
| TENSE | present or past |
| BYGONE | event that happened in the past |
| CANVAS | background |
| CONTEXT | background |
| KINGPIN | big noise |
| MUFFLER | noise silencer |
| NARRATION | account, history |
| NOSTALGIA | sentimentality for the past |
| RETROSPECT | Consideration of past times |
| ICONOGRAPHY | branch of art history |
| CONTEXT | background |
| STROKE | backhand or butterfly |