NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 26 August, 2022

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

Letters: d  a  c  e  j  n  y

  • Total Answers: 48
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! đŸ€Ł

AC

  1. AC6 — to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) synonyms—acquiesce, agree, assent, come round, consent sounds like—exceed

  2. AC7 — to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) synonyms—acquiesced, agreed, assented, came round, consented sounds like—axiom

  3. AC4 — as in nailed synonyms—nailed, brought about, effected, effectuated, implemented sounds like—assert, bust, dust, east, gust

AD

  1. AD5 — resulting in an increase in amount or number synonyms—additional, another, else, farther, fresh sounds like—acid, arid, avid, dud, p*

  2. AD6 — a number to be added to another sounds like—amend, append, ascend, attend, offend

  3. AD7 — a part added at the end of a book or periodical; something added (as by growth) synonyms—afterwords, appendixes, codicils, excursuses, supplements sounds like—agenda

  4. AD9 — the state or condition of being near synonyms—closeness, contiguity, immediacy, nearness, propinquity

CA

  1. CA5 — a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things synonyms—bin, box, case, casket, chest sounds like—daddy, kiddie, paddy

  2. CA7 — the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity synonyms—beat, measure, meter, rhythm sounds like—couldn't, credence, guidance, laden, maiden

  3. CA5 — to make more desirable synonyms—dress up, enhance, sweeten sounds like—bandy, dandy, handy, sandy

  4. CA5 — as in strapped, leathered synonyms—blackjacked, cowhided, flagellated, fustigated, horsewhipped sounds like—chained, conned, feigned, gained, kind

  5. CA6 — using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model; being under the influence of alcohol synonyms—apish, emulative, epigonic, formulaic, imitative sounds like—and, band, conned, hand, kind

CE

  1. CE4 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down sounds like—bead, deed, feed, heed, keyed

  2. CE5 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—coughed up, delivered, gave up, handed over, laid down sounds like—faded, jaded

DA

  1. DA4 — a small freshwater European cyprinid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); any of various small North American freshwater cyprinid fishes sounds like—ace, base, case, chase

  2. DA5 — a male human parent; something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed synonyms—dad, father, old man, pa, papa sounds like—dowdy, paddy

  3. DA5 — a social gathering for dancing synonyms—ball, cotillion, formal, hop, prom sounds like—chance, dense, lance

  4. DA6 — to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music; to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements synonyms—footed (it), hoofed (it), stepped, darted, flicked

  5. DA5 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—bandy, candy, handy, sandy

DE

  1. DE4 — no longer living; lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation; depleted in strength, energy, or freshness synonyms—asleep, breathless, cold, deceased, defunct sounds like—bed, dad, dare

  2. DE6 — to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality; to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling synonyms—castrate, damp, dampen, dehydrate, desiccate sounds like—leaden

  3. DE8 — as in drugged, stupefied synonyms—anesthetized, cocainized, drugged, stupefied, chilled sounds like—diamond, didn't, errand, hadn't, leaden

  4. DE7 — a rounded wood block encircled by a rope or an iron band and having holes to receive the lanyard that is used especially to set up shrouds and stays; an unerring marksman

  5. DE4 — the senior member of a group synonyms—doyen, elder, elder statesman, Ă©minence grise, nestor sounds like—bean, dawn, din, dine, don

  6. DE6 — a group or set of 10 : such as; a period of 10 years; a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys

  7. DE9 — a change to a lower state or level; a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior synonyms—declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration

  8. DE5 — a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body; the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances synonyms—debilitation, *ing, declension, decline, degeneration sounds like—duck, duct

  9. DE7 — having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit; having undergone organic breakdown synonyms—decadent, degenerate, effete, overripe, washed-up

  10. DE7 — socially acceptable behavior; conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong synonyms—decorum, form, propriety, character, goodness sounds like—in***, licensee

  11. DE4 — an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness; something done by someone synonyms—exploit, feat, number, stunt, tour de force sounds like—bead, cede, dad, did, dud

  12. DE6 — to give over the legal possession or ownership of synonyms—alienated, aliened, assigned, ceded, conveyed sounds like—needed

  13. DE6 — disc jockey sounds like—day

  14. DE8 — disc jockey sounds like—remade, repaid

  15. DE4 — to declare not to be true; to be unwilling to grant; to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility synonyms—contradict, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim sounds like—din, dinner

DY

  1. DY4 — two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonyms—brace, couple, couplet, duo, pair sounds like—dial, diet, dud

  2. DY4 — as in stained, marked synonyms—discolored, marked, stained, stippled, flecked sounds like—bide, chide, dad, dead, deed

  3. DY4 — the unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system equal to the force that would give a free mass of one gram an acceleration of one centimeter per second per second sounds like—dawn, dean, den, dice, die

ED

  1. ED4 — a circular movement of air or water synonyms—swirl, gyration, pirouette, reel, revolution sounds like—airy, any, heady, ready, t

EN

  1. EN5 — brought or having come to an end synonyms—complete, completed, concluded, done, down sounds like—t*

  2. EN6 — a group of nine sounds like—any, knead, need

EY

  1. EY4 — to keep one's eyes on; to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; to give serious and careful thought to synonyms—followed, observed, watched, beheld, caught sounds like—add, aid, aide, awe, awed

JA

  1. JA4 — to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous synonyms—bore, tire, weary sounds like—aid, aide, bade, fade, lade

  2. JA5 — depleted in strength, energy, or freshness; having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted synonyms—all in, aweary, beat, beaten, bleary sounds like—faded

NA

  1. NA4 — nothing sounds like—nod

NE

  1. NE4 — to have as a requirement; to be under necessity or obligation to synonyms—bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, heed

  2. NE6 — impossible to do without synonyms—all-important, critical, essential, imperative, indispensable

  3. NE5 — lacking money or material possessions synonyms—beggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-poor sounds like—beady, knead, reedy, seedy

YE

  1. YE6 — to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy synonyms—ache (for), covet, crave, desiderate, desire sounds like—bend, end, fend, lend, mend

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