NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 6 November, 2022

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

Letters: m  a  i  l  p  r  t

  • Total Answers: 47
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AI

  1. AI7 — as in special delivery, registered mail synonyms—airpost, certified mail, registered mail, rural delivery, rural free delivery sounds like—aerial, entail, female, frail, mail

AL

  1. AL5 — suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune; the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk; the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger synonyms—apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, foreboding, misgiving

AR

  1. AR6 — as in pit, abyss synonyms—abyss, pit, bedrock, bottom, depth

IM

  1. IM4 — the prayer leader of a mosque; a Muslim leader of the line of Ali held by Shiites to be the divinely appointed, sinless, infallible successors of Muhammad; any of various rulers that claim descent from Muhammad and exercise spiritual and temporal leadership over a Muslim region sounds like—mom

  2. IM6 — to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of synonyms—blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab

  3. IM6 — a large brownish antelope (Aepyceros melampus) of southeastern Africa that in the male has slender curved horns with ridges

  4. IM6 — to cause (something) to pass from one to another synonyms—communicate, conduct, convey, give, spread

  5. IM9 — marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias synonyms—candid, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable sounds like—marshal, martial, partial

LA

  1. LA4 — 1935— Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader sounds like—comma, mama

  2. LA4 — something that provides illumination synonyms—beacon, illuminant, light sounds like—camp, champ, c, damp, limp

LI

  1. LI4 — Duque de 1803—1880 Luiz Alves de e Silva Brazilian general and statesman sounds like—alma, arena, aroma, asthma, beam

  2. LI5 — to set bounds or an upper * for; to mark the *s of synonyms—cap, circumscribe, confine, hold down, restrict sounds like—bigot, billet, climate, comet, demote

  3. LI4 — not stiff in structure; depleted in strength, energy, or freshness; lacking bodily energy or motivation synonyms—droopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, yielding sounds like—chimp, lamp, lump, lymph, pimp

LL

  1. LL5 — any of a genus (Lama) of wild or domesticated, long-necked, South American ruminant mammals related to the camels but smaller and without a hump; especially : a domesticated * (L. glama) descended from the guanaco and used especially in the Andes as a pack animal and a source of wool sounds like—comma, lava, mama

MA

  1. MA4 — communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system synonyms—correspondence, matter, parcel post, post, snail ** sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale

  2. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to synonyms—cripple, disable, incapacitate, lame, mutilate sounds like—aim, came, dame, fame, game

  3. MA7 — a human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the red blood cells, is transmitted by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever; any of various diseases of birds and mammals caused by blood protozoans; air infected with a noxious substance capable of causing disease; especially : miasma sounds like—millennium

  4. MA8 — a human disease that is caused by sporozoan parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the red blood cells, is transmitted by the bite of anopheline mosquitoes, and is characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever; any of various diseases of birds and mammals caused by blood protozoans; air infected with a noxious substance capable of causing disease; especially : miasma

  5. MA4 — a public place for strolling synonyms—boardwalk, promenade, walk sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

  6. MA4 — as in beer, ale synonyms—ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski sounds like—fault, halt, melt, molt, salt

  7. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

  8. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

  9. MA6 — any of a class (**ia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans sounds like—camel

  10. MA7 — of or relating to marriage synonyms—conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial, nuptial sounds like—arable, bearable, caramel, emeritus, genital

  11. MA4 — sounds like—arm, charm, farm, harm

  12. MA4 — as in department store, mini-** synonyms—boutique, chain store, department store, dime store, exchange sounds like—art, cart, chart, dart, heart

  13. MA7 — of, relating to, or suitable for war or a warrior; of or relating to the armed services synonyms—military, soldierly, military, service sounds like—partial

MI

  1. MI7 — a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers synonyms—national guard, standing army, army, array, battalion sounds like—malicious

  2. MI4 — a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods synonyms—factory, manufactory, plant, shop, works sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, hill

  3. MI6 — a cardiac valve consisting of two triangular flaps which allow only unidirectional blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle —called also bicuspid valve sounds like—astral, litle, matron, mattress, metal

  4. MI4 — to furnish with a tip; to cover or adorn the tip of; to blend (furs) for improved appearance by brushing the tips of the hair with dye sounds like—bit, chit, emit, fit, hit

PA

  1. PA4 — an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent synonyms—triumph, victory, win sounds like—balm, bomb, calm, mom, pod

  2. PA5 — a broad area of level or rolling treeless country synonyms—campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath

PI

  1. PI4 — a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money synonyms—cadet, fancy man, pander, procurer sounds like—chimp, limp, pomp, pump, wimp

PR

  1. PR4 — a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in synonyms—baby buggy, baby carriage, buggy, perambulator, pushchair sounds like—cram, dram, gram, ram

  2. PR4 — being clean and in good order; given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals synonyms—antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, kempt sounds like—brim, grim, rim, trim

  3. PR6 — coming before all others in importance; relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period synonyms—arch, big, capital, cardinal, central sounds like—bridal, bridle

  4. PR5 — to try to make yourself more attractive by making small changes to your clothes, hair, etc., especially while looking at yourself in a mirror synonyms—preen, prink, smarten (up), doll up, dress sounds like—crimp, pimp, shrimp

RA

  1. RA4 — as in step up, boost synonyms—boost, elevate, jack (up), mount, step up sounds like—camp, champ, c**, damp, lamp

  2. RA7 — a tall, thick stone or dirt structure that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks —usually plural synonyms—buffer, bulwark, bumper, cushion, dam sounds like—impart

TA

  1. TA8 — a usually red warning light mounted at the rear of a vehicle —called also ** sounds like—clamp, lamp, tramp

  2. TA6 — an aged soy sauce prepared with little or no added wheat sounds like—tomorrow

  3. TA4 — to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows; to put a check on : reduce, lessen sounds like—camp, champ, damp, lamp, ramp

  4. TA6 — straw matting used as a floor covering in a Japanese home sounds like—anatomy, atom, balmy, battery, catty

TR

  1. TR4 — as in truck, wheelbarrow synonyms—barrow, hand truck, pushcart, truck, wheelbarrow sounds like—cram, dram, gram, ram, tam

  2. TR5 — a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living; a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman synonyms—bindle stiff, bum, bummer, hobo, sundowner sounds like—cramp, ramp

  3. TR4 — being clean and in good order synonyms—antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, kempt sounds like—brim, grim, prim, rim

airmail, alarm, armpit, imam, impair, impala, impart, impartial, lama, lamp, lima, limit, limp, llama, mail, maim, malaria, malarial, mall, malt, mama, mamma, mammal, marital, marm, mart, martial, militia, mill, mitral, mitt, palm, pampa, pimp, pram, prim, primal, primp, ramp, rampart, taillamp, tamari, tamp, tatami, tram, tramp, trim