NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 19 August, 2022

Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.

Letters: o  a  c  n  p  t  u

  • Total Answers: 52
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AC

  1. AC7 — a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened; a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view; a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due synonyms—chronicle, chronology, commentary, history, narration sounds like—amount, count

  2. AC10 — a member of a chartered institute of **s sounds like—abundant, adjournment, alignment, announcement, announcment

AN

  1. AN4 — at or within a short time synonyms—before long, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently sounds like—upon

AT

  1. AT4 — on top of synonyms—above, over sounds like—stop, top

AU

  1. AU4 — a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels synonyms—mobile, bus, car, horseless carriage, machine sounds like—ought, stow, toe, tow

CA

  1. CA5 — a dried, fermented, fatty seed of the fruit of a South American evergreen tree (Theobroma * of the family Sterculiaceae) that is used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter : cocoa bean; a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods from which * is obtained sounds like—cocaine, coco, cocoa, cocoon, cuckoo

  2. CA6 — as in barrage, **ade synonyms—barrage, **ade, blitz, bomb, bombard

  3. CA6 — to treat (something) with more importance than is needed or proper synonyms—overdo, overdraw, overplay, overstate, color

  4. CA5 — a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church; a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system; a collection or system of rules of conduct synonyms—doctrine, dogma, catalog, checklist, list

  5. CA5 — one of the major divisions of a long poem

  6. CA6 — a small territorial division of a country: such as; one of the states of the Swiss confederation; a division of a French arrondissement

  7. CA4 — a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings sounds like—cop, copper, copy

  8. CA5 — a castrated male chicken sounds like—common, cotton

CO

  1. CO5 — as in costar synonyms—costar, star (in), ape, clown, ham sounds like—soaked

  2. CO4 — the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick synonyms—fleece, fur, hair, jacket, pelage sounds like—boat, cat, caught

  3. CO4 — any of several South American shrubs (genus Erythroxylon, family Erythroxylaceae); especially : one (E. ) that is the primary source of ine; dried leaves of a (especially Erythroxylon ) containing alkaloids including **ine

  4. CO5 — a dried, fermented, fatty seed of the fruit of a South American tropical evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that is used in making *, chocolate, and * butter : cacao

  5. CO7 — a fatty oil or semisolid fat extracted from fresh ***s and used especially in making soaps and food products sounds like—cabinet

  6. CO6 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds like—cuckoo

  7. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked

  8. CO7 — an acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world; the state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation synonyms—connection, communication, hold, touch

  9. CO4 — a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals synonyms—bastille, big house, bridewell, brig, calaboose sounds like—cap, cape, cup, dupe, hoop

  10. CO5 — to make a part of a body or system synonyms—absorb, assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate sounds like—kept

  11. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute

  12. CO6 — the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable synonyms—avoidance, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion sounds like—clout, cutout, doped

  13. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten

  14. CO5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added; a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person synonyms—census, tale, tally, charge, complaint sounds like—ac*, can't, mount

  15. CO4 — a successful result brought about by hard work synonyms—accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby sounds like—boo, chew, clue, crew, cue

  16. CO6 — a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance) synonyms—check, pass, pasteboard, ticket sounds like—pawn

CU

  1. CU6 — to stop functioning; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to leave a place often for another synonyms—break, break down, conk (out), crash, die sounds like—shutout

NO

  1. NO4 — the middle of the day; the highest part or point synonyms—high , lunch time, midday, day, **tide sounds like—boon, dune, goon, knew, known

  2. NO4 — a ** (such as bean or sheet) that forms a plural and is used with a numeral, with words such as many or few, or with the indefinite article a or an sounds like—down, gown, known, nine, nun

OC

  1. OC8 — one who lives permanently in a place synonyms—denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, inhabiter sounds like—opulent

  2. OC6 — an instrument for observing altitudes of a celestial body from a moving ship or aircraft; any of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three coordinate planes sounds like—ardent, aren't, artist, auction, current

ON

  1. ON4 — as in hit (upon), pitch (upon) synonyms—chance (upon), encounter, find, happen (on or upon), hit (upon) sounds like—into, unto

OU

  1. OU6 — something produced by physical or intellectual effort synonyms—affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, produce sounds like—input

PO

  1. PO7 — as in canoe, kayak synonyms—bateau, caïque, canoe, catamaran, coracle sounds like—cartoon, monsoon, onto, platoon

  2. PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonyms—dirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop

  3. PO5 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa

  4. PO6 — a lazy person synonyms—deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout sounds like—petite, tomato

  5. PO4 — a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval; a state of resentful silence or irritability synonyms—face, frown, grimace, lower, moue sounds like—bout, doubt, gout, out, pat

PU

  1. PU6 — subjected to and reacting with irritation synonyms—aggravated, annoyed, bothered, exasperated, galled sounds like—cutout, petite, shutout

TA

  1. TA4 — a crispy or soft corn or wheat tortilla that is folded or rolled and stuffed with a mixture (as of seasoned meat, cheese, and lettuce) sounds like—borrow, box, capo, chalk, cock

  2. TA6 — to mark the skin with (a **); to mark or color (the skin) with **s

TO

  1. TO7 — a musical composition usually for organ or harpsichord in a free style and characterized by full chords, rapid runs, and high harmonies sounds like—boycott, caught, cockatoo, comma, cot

  2. TO4 — a lower limb of an animal; a portion of a trip synonyms—pin, lap, stage sounds like—attune, boon, dune, goon, loon

  3. TO4 — a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking synonyms—bender, binge, bust, carousal, carouse sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot

  4. TO7 — a warm outdoor coat synonyms—greatcoat, overcoat, surcoat sounds like—taco

  5. TO6 — any of a family (Ramphastidae) of chiefly fruit-eating birds of tropical America with brilliant coloring and a very large but light and thin-walled bill sounds like—taken

  6. TO4 — to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively; to declare enthusiastic approval of; to provide publicity for synonyms—ballyhoo, blow up, crack up, cry up, glorify sounds like—bout, doubt, gout, out, pout

UN

  1. UN4 — a person who acts in a way that shows he or she does not care what kind of behavior other people think is acceptable sounds like—anew, into, onto

UP

  1. UP4 — in or into contact with synonyms—against, on sounds like—spawn

account, accountant, anon, atop, auto, cacao, cannon, cannot, canon, canto, canton, capo, capon, coact, coat, coca, cocoa, coconut, cocoon, concoct, contact, coop, coopt, coot, copout, cotton, count, coup, coupon, cutout, noon, noun, occupant, octant, onto, output, pontoon, poop, poppa, potato, pout, putout, taco, tattoo, toccata, toon, toot, topcoat, toucan, tout, unto, upon