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

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• Total Answers: 39
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AL

1. AL5 — to give permission for or to approve of; to give permission to; to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference synonyms—green-light, have, permit, suffer, leave sounds like—plough, plow

AR

2. AR5 — depth of feeling; urgent desire or interest; intense sexual desire synonyms—ardency, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness sounds like—harder, larder, order
3. AR5 — as in beeline synonyms—beeline, catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun sounds like—ammo, b*, crow, grow, h*

DO

4. DO4 — a person with old-fashioned ideas; a stupid person synonyms—antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, fogy, fossil, fud sounds like—bode, coco, cocoa, code, dad
5. DO4 — a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything; a physically attractive person synonyms—action figure, **y, poppet, puppet, babe sounds like—dale, deal, dell, dill
6. DO6 — a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents synonyms—bone, buck, clam, one, smacker sounds like—collar, dealer, duller, holler
7. DO5 — deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved synonyms—affliction, anguish, dolefulness, grief, heartache sounds like—color, dealer, duffer, dull, dumber
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. DO4 — a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits; a stupid person synonyms—bookworm, dink, geek, grind, nerd sounds like—cork, dark, fork, pork, torque

DR

12. DR5 — causing or intended to cause laughter synonyms—antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical sounds like—dole, role, roll
13. DR5 — language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense; the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands synonyms—applesauce, balderdash, baloney, beans, bilge sounds like—rule

KO

14. KO5 — an Australian arboreal marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has a broad head, large hairy ears, dense gray fur, and sharp claws and feeds on eucalyptus leaves —called also * bear sounds like—coal, coca, cold, colon, colt
15. KO4 — sounds like—coal, coca, cold, colon, colt
16. KO4 — a person of odd or whimsical habits synonyms—character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot sounds like—cake, cock, coke, cook, cool

LO

17. LO4 — to place a weight or burden on; to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained synonyms—burden, encumber, freight, lade, laden sounds like—bode, code, goad, lad, lade
18. LO4 — to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing synonyms—droop, flag, hang, sag, swag sounds like—doll, lat, lull, pall
19. LO4 — to give the impression of being; to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion); to have in mind as a purpose or goal synonyms—act, appear, come across (as), come off (as), feel sounds like—book, cook, hook, lack, lak
20. LO4 — a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field; the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe; a man of high birth or social position synonyms—baron, captain, czar, king, lion sounds like—board, bored, chord, cord, ford

OD

21. 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

OK

22. OK4 — a tall annual herb (Abelmoschus esculentus) of the mallow family that is cultivated for its mucilaginous green pods used especially in soups or stews; also : the pods of this plant; gumbo sounds like—opera

OR

23. OR4 — expressed or communicated by voice; made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing synonyms—spoken, uttered, vocal, voiced, nuncupative sounds like—aura, ch, c, laurel, m

RO

24. 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
25. RO8 — work done in constructing or repairing roads; conditioning for an athletic contest (such as a boxing match) consisting mainly of long runs sounds like—beadwork, homework, rework, woodwork
26. RO4 — a violent shouting; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound synonyms—clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo sounds like—boar, bore, chore, core, door
27. RO4 — to form into a round compact mass; to make a low heavy **ing sound; to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions synonyms—agglomerate, ball, round, wad, growl sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
28. 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
29. RO4 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity synonyms—abecedarian, apprentice, babe, beginner, colt sounds like—book, b, cook, c, hook

WA

30. WA8 — a large reddish-gray kangaroo (Macropus robustus) —called also euro; either of two kangaroos (Macropus antelopinus and M. bernardus) related to the ** sounds like—altar, alter, altered, caller, falter
31. WA6 — a sunken and often wet area like that used by animals to roll in synonyms—borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole sounds like—follow, hollow, s**, willow
32. WA7 — as in overlord, caudillo synonyms—caudillo, overlord, authoritarian, Big Brother, paramount

WO

33. WO4 — tree logs as prepared for human use; a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area synonyms—lumber, timber, forest, forestland, timber sounds like—could, good, hood, should, wad
34. WO8 — to appear suddenly usually because one sees an opportunity to get something for oneself sounds like—beadwork, bulwark, footwork
35. WO4 — the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick synonyms—coat, fleece, fur, hair, jacket sounds like—bull, full, pull, wail, wale
36. WO4 — a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field; something that is said; a report of recent events or facts not previously known synonyms—expression, term, statement, utterance, 411 sounds like—bird, curd, gird, herd, nerd
37. WO4 — to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind); to find an answer for through reasoning; to have a certain purpose synonyms—beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on sounds like—irk, jerk, lurk, perk, quirk
38. WO8 — the amount of work that is expected to be done synonyms—duty, function, job, load, task
39. WO5 — human beings in general; the celestial body on which we live; the whole body of things observed or assumed synonyms—folks, humanity, humankind, people, public sounds like—walled, weld, wheeled, whirl, whorl