Require smelling salts, say

As a detective working on the crossword mystery of ‘Require smelling salts, say‘, the first clue that stood out to me was the phrase “smelling salts“. This immediately resonated with me as smelling salts are commonly used to revive someone who has fainted or ‘swooned‘. As I continued to ponder the clue, I realised that the word ‘Require‘ is suggesting a situation where someone may have lost consciousness or fainted, and the one who required smelling salts was likely in a state of ‘swoon‘. Moreover, the word ‘say‘ is a hint that the solution is a synonym or a similar word for the clue, which confirmed that ‘swoon‘ was the right answer. By piecing these clues together, I was able to come to the conclusion that the answer to this crossword mystery is ‘SWOON‘.