Clue: For use when sneeze almost audible? (6)
Answer: TISSUE
Explanation: For use when sneeze almost audible? (6)
Another clue which resists compartmentalisation: a reference to ATISHOO, the conventional representation of the sound of a 'sneeze'; 'almost' might suggest that the sound ('audible') is cut short, but here it is the initial A that is lost when taking the homophone; the clue has a sort of extended definition. There we are: a lot of words trying to explain the obvious.