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

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

AI

3. AI5 — a mayonnaise flavored with garlic and sometimes other ingredients (such as red pepper) sounds like—holy, idly, lowly, wholly

AL

4. AL4 — to come to rest after descending from the air; to come down from something (as a vehicle) synonyms—landed, lit, perched, roosted, settled sounds like—eyelet, glut, gullet
5. AL6 — a soluble salt obtained from the ashes of plants and consisting largely of potassium or sodium carbonate; broadly : a substance (such as a hydroxide or carbonate of an ** metal) having marked basic properties; ** metal; a soluble salt or a mixture of soluble salts present in some soils of arid regions in quantity detrimental to agriculture

AT

6. AT5 — inclined or twisted to one side synonyms—askew, aslant, awry, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed sounds like—stilt, tilt
7. AT5 — a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building synonyms—cockloft, garret, loft sounds like—antic, stick, tick

CA

8. CA5 — a branching Brazilian cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii synonym S. buckleyi) having flat jointed stems with scalloped margins and showy usually red, pink, white, violet, or yellow flowers; also : a related cactus (Schlumbergera truncata synonym Zygocactus truncatus) or a hybrid of this and the Christmas cactus
9. CA6 — as in speckled, streaked synonyms—blotted, brindled, specked, speckled, streaked sounds like—cluck
10. CA7 — any of a genus (Typha of the family Typhaceae, the *** family) of tall reedy marsh plants with brown furry fruiting spikes; especially : a plant (Typha latifolia) with long flat leaves used especially for making mats and chair seats sounds like—curtail

CI

11. CI4 — used conventionally as an utterance at meeting or parting sounds like—cheap, cheat, cheek, cheese, chief
12. 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

13. CL5 — to form a close personal relationship; to turn out as planned or desired synonyms—bond, commune, relate, come off, deliver sounds like—flick

CO

14. CO5 — a mammal (Nasuella olivacea) that is smaller and has a shorter tail than the closely related *s and is native to the Andean region of northwestern South America sounds like—catty, caught, clot
15. CO8 — the rear flap of a man's coat; the skirts of a dress coat, cutaway, or frock coat; the influence or pulling power of a popular movement or person (such as a political candidate) sounds like—curtail, whitetail
16. CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy
17. CO8 — a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things synonyms—admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend sounds like—cartel, curtail, foxtail, octane
18. CO4 — a state of noisy, confused activity synonyms—ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster sounds like—boil, call, cul, cull, curl
19. CO6 — sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis synonyms—coition, commerce, congress, copulating, copulation sounds like—cattle, kettle
20. CO5 — as in cramps, gripes synonyms—cramps, gripes, bellyache, collywobbles, stomachache sounds like—click

IL

21. IL5 — of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium sounds like—black, bleak, clique, elite, flak
22. IL7 — contrary to or forbidden by law synonyms—criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, lawless sounds like—elicit

IO

23. IO4 — the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—beans, bubkes, continental, damn, darn sounds like—aroma, beta, boa, boat, boater

IT

24. IT6 — an ** character or type; a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian sounds like—idyllic, metallic, static, titanic

KI

25. KI4 — to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; to present an opposing opinion or argument synonyms—beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp sounds like—cake, chick, click, cock, coke
26. KI4 — to deprive of life; to reject by or as if by a vote; to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it synonyms—carry off, claim, croak, destroy, dispatch sounds like—bill, call, chill, coal, coil
27. KI4 — a unit of mass or weight equaling one thousand grams or approximately 2.2 pounds : **gram sounds like—keel, keno
28. KI4 — as in fly, sail synonyms—coast, fly, glide, sail, zip sounds like—built, colt, cult, gilt, guilt

LA

29. LA6 — a hygroscopic organic acid C3H6O3 present normally especially in muscle tissue as a by-product of anaerobic glycolysis, produced in carbohydrate matter usually by bacterial fermentation, and used especially in food and medicine and in industry sounds like—tactic
30. LA4 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—lick
31. LA6 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—cul, cull, local, loyal, lull

LI

32. LI5 — permitted by law synonyms—lawful, legal, legit, legitimate sounds like—il*
33. LI4 — a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument; a very small amount; the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—bang, bash, bat, beat, belt sounds like—chick, c, dick, f, hick
34. 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
35. LI4 — the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern synonyms—movement, sway, swing, beat, cadence sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

LO

36. 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

OL

37. OL4 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things synonyms—agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch sounds like—audio

TA

38. TA5 — understood although not put into words synonyms—implicit, implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced sounds like—asset, cast, caste, facet, facile
39. TA6 — something done to achieve a particular goal synonyms—means, method, technique, way, arrangement sounds like—acting, active, antic, arctic, attic
40. TA8 — suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances synonyms—advisable, desirable, expedient, judicious, politic
41. TA4 — a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person; the part of the body upon which someone sits; a behind part or surface synonyms—cortege, entourage, following, posse, retinue sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
42. TA8 — a coat with tails; especially : a man's full-dress coat with two long tapering skirts at the back sounds like—raincoat, sailboat
43. TA4 — sounds like—collie, folly, golly, jolly, toffee
44. TA6 — a shawl with fringed corners worn over the head or shoulders by Jewish men especially during morning prayers

TI

45. TI4 — as in moment, minute synonyms—beat, crack, flash, heartbeat, instant sounds like—attic, chick, dick, hick, kick
46. TI8 — the ticking sound of a clock sounds like—dictum, tactic, victim
47. TI4 — a restaurant or bar decorated in a simulated Polynesian theme that usually serves exotic cocktails sounds like—cheeky, leaky, tacky, talky, turkey
48. TI5 — an Indian dish of marinated meat cooked on a skewer
49. TI4 — to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on synonyms—cultivate, farm, tend sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, hill
50. TI4 — the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle synonyms—angling, bend, cock, inclination, list sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

TO

51. TO4 — very hard or unpleasant work synonyms—donkeywork, drudge, drudgery, fatigue, grind sounds like—boil, coil, foil, oil, roil
52. TO7 — a set of tools sounds like—bracket, coolant, coolest, flit, foolish