NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 10 September, 2022

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

Letters: h  a  d  e  i  l  p

• Total Answers: 34
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

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AH

1. AH5 — so as to precede something in order of time; toward a point * in space or time; toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time synonyms—afore, already, antecedently, anteriorly, before sounds like—head

AL

2. AL5 — the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet sounds like—leaf
3. AL5 — the point at which something begins synonyms—baseline, beginning, birth, commencement, dawn

AP

4. AP5 — a dusky greenish or brownish * (Rhopalosiphum maidis) that feeds on the flowers and foliage of various commercially important grasses (such as corn) sounds like—abide, abode, above, abuzz, acid

DA

5. DA6 — any of a genus (**) of American tuberous-rooted composite herbs having opposite pinnate leaves and rayed flower heads and including many that are cultivated as ornamentals sounds like—aria, cholera, cholla, colleague, collie

DE

6. DE8 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—redhead
7. DE10 — to make especially a return trip without a load; to deadhead a plant; to remove the faded flowers of (a plant) especially to keep a neat appearance and to promote reblooming by preventing seed production sounds like—redheaded

HA

8. HA4 — to declare enthusiastic approval of; to demand or request the presence or service of synonyms—acclaim, accredit, applaud, cheer, crack up sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
9. HA6 — to declare enthusiastic approval of; to demand or request the presence or service of synonyms—acclaimed, accredited, applauded, cheered, cracked up sounds like—failed, held, hold, jailed, mailed
10. HA5 — sanctioned by Islamic law; especially : ritually fit for use; selling or serving food ritually fit according to Islamic law
11. HA4 — enjoying health and vigor synonyms—able-bodied, bouncing, fit, healthy, hearty sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
12. HA4 — the entrance room of a building; a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building; a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings synonyms—entranceway, entry, entryway, foyer, way sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

HE

13. HE4 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth; the place of leadership or command; a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid synonyms—bean, block, dome, mazard, nob sounds like—a, bed, dead, had, hadd
14. HE6 — to go on a specified course or in a certain direction; to be at the front of; to be in charge of synonyms—bore, made, led, bossed, captained sounds like—wedded
15. HE4 — to restore to a thy condition; to become thy and strong again after illness or weakness; to bring about recovery from synonyms—cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate sounds like—deal, eel, feel, hail, hall
16. HE6 — as in repaired, fixed synonyms—fixed, mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed sounds like—field, hold, sealed, shield, wheeled
17. HE4 — a considerable amount; a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another synonyms—abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket sounds like—beep, c**, deep, hip
18. HE6 — to give readily and in large quantities; to lay or throw on top of one another; to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained synonyms—lavished, poured, rained, showered, mounded
19. HE4 — a state of being aware; strict attentiveness to what one is doing synonyms—advertence, advertency, attention, awareness, cognizance sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, had
20. HE6 — to take notice of and be guided by; to pay attention especially through the act of hearing synonyms—followed, listened (to), minded, noted, observed sounds like—needed
21. HE4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others synonyms—bastard, beast, bleeder, blighter, boor sounds like—deal, eel, feel, hail, hall
22. HE6 — as in inclined, angled synonyms—angled, canted, cocked, inclined, listed sounds like—field, hold, sealed, shield, w**
23. HE4 — to have or keep in one's hands; to continue to have in one's possession or power; to have as an opinion synonyms—clenched, clung (to), clutched, gripped, kept sounds like—felled, hold, meld, shelled
24. HE7 — as in heliport, jetport synonyms—air base, air park, heliport, jetport, aerodrome sounds like—highland
25. HE4 — the place of punishment for the wicked after death; a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness; a state in which everything is out of order synonyms—Gehenna, Pandemonium, perdition, Tophet, agony sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fell, gel
26. HE4 — to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end; to make more bearable or less severe; to keep from happening by taking action in advance synonyms—abet, aid, assist, back, backstop sounds like—kelp
27. HE6 — to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end; to make more bearable or less severe; to keep from happening by taking action in advance synonyms—abetted, aided, assisted, backed, backstopped

HI

28. HI4 — to put into a hiding place; to keep secret or shut off from view; to remain out of sight synonyms—bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, secrete sounds like—bide, c**, guide, had, hadd
29. HI4 — to proceed or move quickly synonyms—barreled, belted, blasted, blazed, blew sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, had
30. HI4 — a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another; an area of high ground; an upward slope synonyms—cock, heap, mound, mountain, pile sounds like—bill, c**, dill, fill, hail
31. HI6 — to form into a pile or ridge of earth synonyms—banked, mounded sounds like—billed, build, c**, filled, guild
32. HI6 — a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly : a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person sounds like—dippy, happy

PH

33. PH6 — a symbol or representation of the penis; penis sounds like—alley, dally, fallow, fanny, fatty
34. PH5 — vial sounds like—fecal, feeble, feel, fetal

ahead, aleph, alpha, aphid, dahlia, deadhead, deadheaded, hail, hailed, halal, hale, hall, head, headed, heal, healed, heap, heaped, heed, heeded, heel, heeled, held, helipad, hell, help, helped, hide, hied, hill, hilled, hippie, phalli, phial