NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 22 October, 2022

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

Letters: c  a  i  l  m  o  y

• Total Answers: 52
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

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AC

1. AC6 — gum arabic; any of a large genus (**) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllodes and white or yellow flower clusters sounds like—occasion
2. AC4 — a small, dark purple, berrylike fruit with a juicy pulp that is often used in beverages or eaten raw and that is produced by a tall, slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical rain forests of Central and South America; the palm (Euterpe oleracea) that produces berries; a beverage made from the juice of the berry sounds like—occur, sky
3. AC7 — public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement synonyms—accolade, applause, bay(s), credit, distinction sounds like—claim
4. AC7 — not cyclic: such as; not disposed in whorls or cycles; having an open-chain structure : aliphatic sounds like—adjective, angelic, citric, civic, click

CA

5. CA5 — a dried, fermented, fatty seed of the fruit of a South American evergreen tree (Theobroma * of the family Sterculiaceae) that is used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter : cocoa bean; a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods from which * is obtained sounds like—cocaine, coco, cocoa, cocoon, cuckoo
6. CA6 — as in speckled, streaked synonyms—blotted, brindled, specked, speckled, streaked sounds like—cluck
7. CA4 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone ** to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—all, ball, bawl, coal, cog
8. CA5 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—cola, gala
9. CA8 — the edible young green leaves of a plant (such as taro or a member of the genus Xanthosoma) of the arum family used as greens; a soup or stew made with greens, onions, and crabmeat or pork
10. CA4 — free from storms or physical disturbance; free from emotional or mental agitation; free from disturbing noise or uproar synonyms—halcyon, hushed, lown, peaceful, placid sounds like—balm, bomb, cock, cod, comb
11. CA6 — as in peacefully, coolly synonyms—collectedly, composedly, coolly, imperturbably, peacefully sounds like—collie, comely, commie
12. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma
13. CA4 — as in uflage synonyms—uflage, greasepaint, cold cream, cream, eye shadow sounds like—combo, comma, commie

CI

14. CI4 — used conventionally as an utterance at meeting or parting sounds like—cheap, cheat, cheek, cheese, chief
15. CI5 — a minute short hairlike process often forming part of a fringe; especially : one on a cell that is capable of lashing movement and serves especially in free unicellular organisms to produce locomotion or in higher forms a current of fluid; eyelash sounds like—psyllium, sillier, silly

CL

16. CL5 — to state as a fact usually forcefully; to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority; to deprive of life synonyms—affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch sounds like—ac*, blame, came, flame, lame
17. CL4 — a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents synonyms—bone, buck, dollar, one, smacker
18. CL6 — lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling synonyms—antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, chilly
19. CL4 — the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others synonyms—character, colors, complexion, constitution, genius sounds like—allay, lay, play, slay
20. CL6 — sewer; the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge especially in monotreme mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and elasmobranch fishes; also : a comparable chamber of an invertebrate; the enlarged terminal part of the posterior embryonic digestive tract of a mammal that gives rise to the rectum, upper anal canal, and urogenital sinus sounds like—coca
21. CL4 — as in saturate, surfeit synonyms—saturate, surfeit, alleviate, lighten, relieve sounds like—alloy, coy, ploy

CO

22. CO4 — to burn to char : char; to supply with ; to take in ** sounds like—boll, bowl, call
23. CO4 — any of several South American shrubs (genus Erythroxylon, family Erythroxylaceae); especially : one (E. ) that is the primary source of ine; dried leaves of a (especially Erythroxylon ) containing alkaloids including **ine
24. CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy
25. CO5 — a dried, fermented, fatty seed of the fruit of a South American tropical evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that is used in making *, chocolate, and * butter : cacao
26. CO4 — a state of noisy, confused activity synonyms—ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster sounds like—boil, call, cul, cull, curl
27. CO4 —
28. CO5 — as in cramps, gripes synonyms—cramps, gripes, bellyache, collywobbles, stomachache sounds like—click
29. CO4 — as in sleep, rest synonyms—hibernation, hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep sounds like—aroma, soma
30. CO5 — a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor; a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story; the amusing quality or element in something synonyms—card, comedian, droll, farceur, funnyman sounds like—calming
31. CO7 — causing or intended to cause laughter; so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter synonyms—antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, droll
32. CO9 — causing or intended to cause laughter; so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter synonyms—antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, droll
33. CO5 — as in space, window synonyms—caesura, interspace, lag, pause, space sounds like—calm, calmer, mama
34. CO4 — having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others; free from emotional or mental agitation; having a low or subnormal temperature synonyms—aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold sounds like—call, cul
35. CO6 — as in casually, nonchalantly synonyms—casually, nonchalantly, candidly, frankly, matter-of-factly sounds like—cruelly, curly, duly, newly
36. CO5 — affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest; not comfortable around people synonyms—coquettish, demure, kittenish, backward, bashful sounds like—curly, oily

CY

37. CY6 — happening again and again in the same order synonyms—alternate, intermittent, periodic, recurrent, recurring sounds like—psychic
38. CY8 — happening again and again in the same order synonyms—alternate, intermittent, periodic, recurrent, recurring sounds like—psychical
39. CY10 — happening again and again in the same order synonyms—alternate, intermittent, periodic, recurrent, recurring sounds like—slickly

IC

40. IC5 — having a low or subnormal temperature; lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling synonyms—algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill sounds like—acidly, easily, eerily, finally, gulley

IL

41. IL5 — of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium sounds like—black, bleak, clique, elite, flak

LA

42. LA4 — as in frilly, flowery synonyms—flowery, frilly, adorned, arrayed, beautified sounds like—lucy, racy
43. LA4 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—lick
44. LA6 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—cul, cull, local, loyal, lull

LI

45. LI5 — a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers; a tree or shrub congeneric with the *; a variable color averaging a moderate purple sounds like—black, buyback, eyelash, flak, hijack

LO

46. LO5 — as in regional synonyms—regional, aboriginal, autochthonous, born, domestic sounds like—focal, vocal
47. LO7 — with respect to a particular place or situation; nearby; in the region of origin sounds like—luckily, vocally
48. LO4 — a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; the area or space occupied by or intended for something synonyms—axes, bases, capitals, centers, centrals sounds like—fussy, gussy, lacey, lacy, lucky
49. LO4 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind synonyms—balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam sounds like—coco, cocoa

MA

50. MA5 — a crystalline dicarboxylic acid C4H6O5; especially : the levorotatory isomer of * acid that is found in various fruits (such as apples) and is formed as an intermediate in the Krebs cycle sounds like—alike, bulk, click, flick, hulk

MI

51. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca
52. MI5 — to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of; to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior synonyms—burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock sounds like—gimmick, mythic

acacia, acai, acclaim, acyclic, cacao, calico, call, calla, callaloo, calm, calmly, cami, camo, ciao, cilia, claim, clam, clammy, clay, cloaca, cloy, coal, coca, cocci, cocoa, coil, cola, colic, coma, comic, comical, comically, comma, cool, coolly, coyly, cyclic, cyclical, cyclically, icily, iliac, lacy, laic, laical, lilac, local, locally, loci, loco, malic, mica, mimic