NYT 🐝 Clues—Mon. 9 January, 2023

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

Letters: k  a  b  c  o  t  u

• Total Answers: 23
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

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AB

1. AB5 — without warning synonyms—suddenly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly sounds like—attack, back

AT

2. AT6 — the act or action of setting upon with force or violence; a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder synonyms—aggression, assault, attempt, blitz, blitzkrieg sounds like—stack, tack

BA

3. BA5 — sounds like—bobby, box, vodka
4. BA4 — earlier than the present time; toward the opposite direction; toward the rear synonyms—ago, agone, since, syne, about

BO

5. BO4 — a dark lager beer with a high alcohol content that has a strong flavor of malt and a mild flavor of hops and is typically sold in the winter or early spring sounds like—back, bake, balk, balm, bar
6. BO4 — a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction; a made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God; a publication that appears at regular intervals synonyms—tome, volume, Bible, Good , Holy Writ sounds like—back, bake, balk, beak, bike

BU

7. BU4 — a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance; an adult male human being; a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents synonyms—beau, Beau Brummell, dandy, dude, fop sounds like—back, bake, balk, beak, bike
8. BU5 — a person who is domineering and bullying : swaggerer; young fellow : lad
9. BU7 — the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits; the seat of the body; rump

CO

10. CO4 — a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid synonyms—faucet, gate, spigot, stop**, tap sounds like—cake, calm, car, caught, cause
11. CO8 — any of various large noisy chiefly Australasian crested parrots (family Cacatuidae and especially genus Cacatua) sounds like—docket, pocket, rocket, socket
12. CO4 — to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of; to take place synonyms—bend, color, distort, falsify, fudge sounds like—book, cake, crook, hook, kick
13. CO8 — a book of cooking directions and recipes; broadly : a book of detailed instructions sounds like—checkbook, kickback
14. CO7 — as in barbecue, roast synonyms—barbecue, clambake, fry, luau, roast sounds like—lookout

CU

15. CU6 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment synonyms—balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam sounds like—canoe, cocoon, kazoo
16. CU7 — to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument; to make less in extent or duration synonyms—bob, clip, crop, cut, dock sounds like—comeback

KA

17. KA5 — cubes of meat (such as lamb or beef) marinated and cooked with vegetables usually on a skewer sounds like—cabin

KO

18. KO4 — a person of odd or whimsical habits synonyms—character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot sounds like—cake, cock, coke, cook, cool

OU

19. OU7 — a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country synonyms—backcountry, backland(s), backwater, backwoods, bush sounds like—attack, back, buyback, cutback, payback

TA

20. TA4 — the means or procedure for doing something synonyms—approach, fashion, form, how, manner sounds like—at**, back, hack, jack, knack

TO

21. TO4 — sounds like—chalk, cock, dock, hock, jock
22. TO4 — to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms; to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly; to become affected with (a disease or disorder) synonyms—clasped, grasped, gripped, held, accepted sounds like—book, cook, hook, look, nook

TU

23. TU4 — as in layer, seam synonyms—corrugation, layer, loop, plait, pleat sounds like—buck, chuck, duck, luck, muck

aback, attack, babka, back, bock, book, buck, bucko, buttock, cock, cockatoo, cook, cookbook, cookout, cuckoo, cutback, kabob, kook, outback, tack, tock, took, tuck