NYT ๐Ÿ Cluesโ€”Sat. 16 September, 2023

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

Letters: r  a  d  f  p  t  u

  • Total Answers: 27
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! ๐Ÿคฃ

AF

  1. AF4 โ€” a long distance; as in abroad, afield; country mile; far cry; long haul sounds like ajar, far

AP

  1. AP5 โ€” into parts or pieces; as in odd, nowhere; not including; asunder; piecemeal sounds like part
  2. AP7 โ€” sounds like abbot, accurate, afferent, agate, amorist

AT

  1. AT5 โ€” a sweet or pleasant smell; aroma; balm; bouquet; fragrance sounds like butter, cutter, eater, gutter, mutter

AU

  1. AU4 โ€” a special quality or impression associated with something; a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings; air; ambience; aroma sounds like era, oral, orb, ore

DA

  1. DA4 โ€” an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings; to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements; something strange or unusual that is an object of interest; affront; barb sounds like art, cart, chart, dot, heart

DR

  1. DR5 โ€” a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported; the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time; noticeable movement of air in a particular direction; burden; cargo sounds like craft, daft, graft, kraft, raft
  2. DR4 โ€” sounds like brat, rat

FA

  1. FA5 โ€”
  2. FA4 โ€” sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, font

FR

  1. FR4 โ€” sounds like brat, fat, fiat, flat, rat
  2. FR5 โ€” an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value; one who makes false claims of identity or expertise; the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery; bunco; con sounds like broad, flawed

PA

  1. PA4 โ€” one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled; something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group; the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists; member; partition sounds like a**, art, cart, chart, dart

PR

  1. PR4 โ€” a stupid person; airhead; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead sounds like brat, pat, rat

PU

  1. PU4 โ€” as in whisper, shout; a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion; breathe; chirp; drawl sounds like burr, fir, fur, her, hour

RA

  1. RA5 โ€”
  2. RA4 โ€” a considerable amount; as in balloon; abundance; barrel; basketful sounds like c, daft, d, draught, g**
  3. RA4 โ€” experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion; having the mind fixed on something; ecstatic; elated; elevated sounds like apt, lapped, tapped
  4. RA7 โ€” sounds like habitat
  5. RA7 โ€” a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape; bind; box; catch-22; corner sounds like strap, trap

RU

  1. RU4 โ€” as in pleat, plait; plait; pleat; border; edging sounds like buff, cuff, g**, huff, muff

TA

  1. TA4 โ€” sounds like carp, harp, sharp, top
  2. TA4 โ€” causing or characterized by the one of the basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings; a woman who engages in sexual activities for money; acid; acidic sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, heart
  3. TA6 โ€” sounds like barter, charter, garter, martyr, starter

TR

  1. TR4 โ€” a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise; a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait; something that catches and holds; ambush; net sounds like crap, rap, s**, tap

TU

  1. TU4 โ€” as in territory; to drive or force out; territory; study; subject sounds like serf, surf, term, terse, tiff

UP

  1. UP7 โ€” sounds like adrift, draft, draught

afar, apart, apparat, attar, aura, dart, draft, drat, farad, fart, frat, fraud, part, prat, purr, radar, raft, rapt, ratatat, rattrap, ruff, tarp, tart, tartar, trap, turf, updraft