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

Letters: y  a  e  l  n  p  t

• Total Answers: 47
• Pangrams: 3
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AL

1. AL5 — to make more bearable or less severe synonyms—alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate sounds like—away, clay, fillet, lay, play
2. AL5 — a narrow passage between buildings synonyms—*way, arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard sounds like—abbey, assay, dally, early, flea
3. AL4 — someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support synonyms—abettor, backer, bedfellow, confederate, fellow traveler sounds like—fly, lie, lye, ply, sleigh

AN

4. AN6 — of, relating to, situated near, or involving the anus; of, relating to, characterized by, or being the stage of psychosexual development which follows the oral stage and during which the child is concerned especially with his or her feces; of, relating to, characterized by, or being personality traits (such as parsimony, meticulousness, and ill humor) considered typical of fixation at the anal stage of development : anal-retentive —often used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise

AP

5. AP7 — being more than enough without being excessive synonyms—abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, comfortable sounds like—plenty
6. AP5 — to have a relation or connection; to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention; to put a layer of on a surface synonyms—appertain, bear, pertain, refer, relate sounds like—ply, supply
7. AP5 — as in fluently synonyms—fluently, ably, adeptly, adroitly, artfully sounds like—alley, amply, ante, antsy, curtly

EE

8. EE4 — any of numerous voracious elongate snakelike bony fishes (order Anguilliformes) that have a smooth slimy skin, lack pelvic fins, and have the median fins confluent around the tail; any of numerous other elongate fishes (as of the order Synbranchiformes); any of various nematodes (such as the vinegar eel) sounds like—alley, early, easy, flea, flee

EY

9. EY6 — a small hole designed to receive a cord or used for decoration (as in embroidery); a small typically metal ring to reinforce an ** : grommet; peephole, loophole sounds like—glut, pilot

LA

10. LA6 — not long ago synonyms—freshly, just, late, new, newly sounds like—lightly
11. LA8 — not being in a state of use, activity, or employment synonyms—dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle sounds like—blatantly
12. LA7 — a complete outfit of clothing and equipment for a newborn infant sounds like—let

LE

13. LE6 — having a noticeably small amount of body fat synonyms—bony, fatless, lithe, skinny, slender sounds like—c**, keenly, lonely

NA

14. NA5 — a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children synonyms—babysitter, dry nurse, nurse, nursemaid, nurser sounds like—canny, fanny
15. NA5 — being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance synonyms—dapper, sharp, smart, snappy, spruce sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, knotty, nutty

NE

16. NE6 — as in tidily, orderly synonyms—orderly, tidily, trimly, dashingly, nattily sounds like—knightly, nightly
17. NE5 — a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals; a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise; something that catches and holds synonyms—mesh, netting, network, ambush, snare sounds like—jetty, knotty, nary, natty, naughty

PA

18. PA6 — lacking intensity of color; lacking a healthy skin color; not seen or understood clearly synonyms—dull, dulled, faded, light, pastel sounds like—bubbly, bulky, comely, cuddly, doubly
19. PA5 — a raid on a women's dormitory by college men usually to obtain panties as trophies sounds like—ante, pointy, shanty
20. PA7 — of or relating to a pope or to the Roman Catholic Church; also : resembling a pope or that of a pope sounds like—bodily, happily, people, policy, polity
21. PA6 — a tropical American tree (Carica ** of the family Caricaceae, the ** family) having an oblong to globose yellow edible fruit with numerous black seeds in a central cavity; also : its fruit sounds like—pecan, pup, puppet, puppy, upon
22. PA5 — papa sounds like—happy, peppy, poppy, puppy
23. PA8 — as in clearly, obviously synonyms—clearly, distinctly, evidently, manifestly, obviously
24. PA5 —
25. PA5 — a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried synonyms—cake, croquette, cutlet, fritter, galette sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, natty
26. PA5 — one to whom money is or is to be paid

PE

27. PE5 — a bold lively woman sounds like—meaty, patty, pity, potty, putty
28. PE7 — inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment synonyms—castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, correctional
29. PE7 — a sum of money to be paid as a punishment; suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense; the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success synonyms—damages, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct sounds like—parity, specialty
30. PE5 — a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money synonyms—cheapskate, churl, hunks, miser, niggard sounds like—any, many, parry, pony
31. PE5 — having active strength of body or mind; having much high-spirited energy and movement synonyms—dynamic, energetic, flush, gingery, lusty sounds like—parry, poppy, preppie, preppy, puppy
32. PE5 — not broad or open in views or opinions; so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention synonyms—illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow sounds like—jetty, parry, patty, pity, potty

PL

33. PL4 — to engage in activity for amusement; to present a portrayal or performance of; to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior synonyms—dally, disport, frolic, recreate, rollick sounds like—allay, clay, lay, pay
34. PL7 — as in interlude synonyms—interlude, drama, dramatization, play, comedy sounds like—palate, palest, palette, pallet, pellet
35. PL7 — a portable usually collapsible enclosure in which a baby or young child may play —called also play yard
36. PL6 — an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs; a considerable amount synonyms—abundance, cornucopia, feast, plenitude, plentitude sounds like—a**

TA

37. TA5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added synonyms—census, count, tale sounds like—alley, dally, galley, rally, sally
38. TA5 — showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect synonyms—beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty

TE

39. TE5 — very small in size synonyms—atomic, bitsy, bitty, infinitesimal, itty-bitty sounds like—genie, tinny, tiny, tony, tourney
40. TE8 — a story prepared for television production sounds like—jealously, tulip
41. TE8 — a printing device resembling a typewriter that is used to send and receive telephonic signals —formerly a U.S. registered trademark—called also **writer; a message sent by a ** machine

TY

42. TY4 — a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common; one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic synonyms—breed, class, description, feather, genre sounds like—hype, pipe, ripe, tap, tape

YA

43. YA5 — sounds like—happy, yuppie

YE

44. YE4 — to cry out loudly and emotionally; to speak so as to be heard at a distance synonyms—howl, scream, screech, shriek, shrill sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fell, gel
45. YE4 — to cry out loudly and emotionally synonyms—howl, scream, screech, shriek, shrill sounds like—help, kelp
46. YE5 — a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others synonyms—circulator, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger sounds like—bent, cent, center, centre, centum
47. YE5 — sounds like—ante, any, bent, bounty, cent