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• Total Answers: 52
• Pangrams: 2
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AC

1. AC6 — to be in agreement on every point; to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly synonyms—agree, answer, check, chord, cohere sounds like—aboard, afford, award, chord, cord
2. AC4 — causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by s; having or showing a habitually bad temper; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—ic, **ulous, sour, sourish, tart sounds like—added, arid, avid
3. AC6 — causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—acid, acidulous, sour, sourish, tart sounds like—ascetic, civic, cynic, pacific
4. AC5 — having or showing deep-seated resentment; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous sounds like—arid

AD

5. AD6 — a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—dopehead, doper, druggie, fiend, freak sounds like—edict
6. AD6 — accomplished with trained ability synonyms—artful, bravura, deft, delicate, dexterous sounds like—drought

AR

7. AR7 — as in Eden, Camelot synonyms—Camelot, Cockaigne, Eden, Elysium, empyrean
8. AR5 — depth of feeling; urgent desire or interest; intense sexual desire synonyms—ardency, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness sounds like—harder, larder, order
9. AR4 — causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest; marked by little or no precipitation or humidity synonyms—boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging sounds like—acid, added, avid

CA

10. CA4 — a list of foods served at or available for a meal; a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor synonyms—menu, comedian, comic, droll, farceur sounds like—bard, charred, chord, cod, conned
11. CA7 — a medical procedure in which a thin, flexible catheter is inserted through an artery or vein (as of the arm or leg) and passed into the heart for the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions sounds like—crack, creak, creek, guardian, hardier
12. CA6 — **vascular sounds like—audio, barrio, condo, hardier, hardy
13. CA8 — a heart-shaped curve that is traced by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling completely around an equal fixed circle and has an equation in one of the forms ρ = a(1 ± cos θ) or ρ = a(1 ± sin θ) in polar coordinates
14. CA7 — a small body of vascular tissue that adjoins the *** sinus, functions as a chemoreceptor sensitive to change in the oxygen content of blood, and mediates reflex changes in respiratory activity

CI

15. CI6 — any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous insects which have a stout body, wide blunt head, and large transparent wings and the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise usually by stridulation sounds like—acacia, arcade, became, decade, decayed

CO

16. CO4 — as in epilogue, postlude synonyms—epilogue, postlude, addendum, afterword, appendix sounds like—soda
17. CO4 — a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things; a uniting or binding force or influence synonyms—cable, lace, lacing, line, rope sounds like—ac**, board, bored, called, card
18. CO7 — bullfight sounds like—carried, chord, creed
19. CO8 — a broad geographical area; a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building synonyms—belt, land, neck, part(s), region

DA

20. DA4 — an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings synonyms—affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dig sounds like—art, cart, chart, dot, heart
21. DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted

DI

22. DI9 — as in different, other synonyms—different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, distinctive sounds like—acrylic, autocratic, critic, democratic
23. DI5 — a statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea, observation, or opinion synonyms—ipse dixits, assumptions, givens, hypotheticals, ifs
24. DI8 — a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way synonyms—caesar, despot, führer, oppressor, pharaoh
25. DI6 — as in academic, academician synonyms—academe, academic, academician, pedant, educationist sounds like—adapt, addict, decant, deduct, duct
26. DI8 — marked by or given to preaching moral values synonyms—homiletic, moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sententious sounds like—dynastic
27. DI4 — the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow; the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air; foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something synonyms—clod, earth, ground, mold, soil sounds like—curt, date, dearth, debt, dot
28. DI5 — having qualities in common synonyms—akin, alike, analogous, cognate, comparable sounds like—deter

DO

29. DO6 — a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders synonyms—croaker, doc, medic, medico, physician sounds like—actor, barter, boxer, charter, darker
30. DO4 — a person with old-fashioned ideas; a stupid person synonyms—antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, fogy, fossil, fud sounds like—bode, coco, cocoa, code, dad
31. DO6 — a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember; a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest; something that decorates or beautifies synonyms—dingus, doohickey, hickey, thingamabob, thingamajig sounds like—dad
32. DO4 — a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened; the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure; the means or right of entering or participating in synonyms—gate, hatch, portal, **way, entrance sounds like—adore, boar, bore, chore, core
33. DO6 — a city or country of fabulous riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in South America; a place of fabulous wealth or opportunity sounds like—board, border, bored, chord, cord
34. DO6 — as in senior citizen, grandam synonyms—ancient, elder, geriatric, golden-ager, oldster sounds like—altered, battered, boater, catered, coated

DR

35. DR4 — damn —used as a mild oath sounds like—brat, rat
36. DR5 — an*

ID

37. ID5 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead
38. ID7 — having or showing an inability to understand or make sensible choices synonyms—airheaded, birdbrained, boobish, brain-dead, chowderheaded sounds like—erotic, exotic

OC

39. OC5 — sounds like—auction, awkward, cheated, coated, dotted

OD

40. OD4 — a special quality or impression associated with something; the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose; overall quality as seen or judged by people in general synonyms—air, ambience, aroma, atmosphere, aura sounds like—loader, ochre, older, over, owner

RA

41. RA5 — a device designed to alert the operator of a vehicle when it has been targeted by a * beam (as from a police officer's * gun); * gun
42. RA8 — one that radiates: such as; any of various devices (such as a series of pipes or tubes) for transferring heat from a fluid within to an area or object outside; a transmitting antenna sounds like—aviator, irradiate, mediator
43. RA5 — as in diameters synonyms—diameters, equators, perimeters, peripheries, waistlines sounds like—audio, bodied, body, oddly, readied
44. RA5 — to send or communicate by *; to send a * message to; to send or communicate something by * sounds like—rodeo
45. RA4 — a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory; the act or action of setting upon with force or violence synonyms—descent, foray, incursion, inroad, invasion sounds like—aid, aide, bade, b, fade

RO

46. RO4 — a passage cleared for public vehicular travel; a way overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel synonyms—arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway sounds like—bode, code, erode, goad, load
47. RO4 — a cross or crucifix symbolizing the cross on which Jesus Christ died; specifically : a large crucifix on a beam or screen at the entrance to the chancel of a church; any of various units of land area; especially : a British unit equal to 1/4 acre; any of various units of length; especially : a British unit equal to seven or eight yards or sometimes a rod sounds like—could, good, hood, raid, read

TO

48. TO4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others synonyms—bastard, beast, bleeder, blighter, boor sounds like—bode, code, goad, load, mode
49. TO6 — a surface generated by a closed plane curve rotated about a line that lies in the same plane as the curve but does not intersect it; a body whose surface has the form of a **
50. TO6 — having a notably high temperature; having or expressing great depth of feeling synonyms—ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent sounds like—horrid

TR

51. TR5 — a group of three synonyms—threesome, trifecta, trinity, trio, triple
52. TR4 — as in traveled synonyms—traveled, bustling, busy, crowded, swarming sounds like—prod, rod