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Congratulations to emmie, with NACW, Arrods & mallyh as runners-up.
There doesn't seem to be any strict rule in 'sounds-like' Alphapuzzles as to which of the two possibilities should go into the grid. I guess it's whichever fits! Today, it's definitely 'scent'. It's clear that no. 2 is likely to be E, with 19 occurrences as well as being doubled. The only way that either scent or sent will fit anywhere is where E is the middle letter of a 5-letter answer.