NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 9 August, 2022

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

Letters: i  a  c  d  t  u  v

  • Total Answers: 20
  • 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

  3. AC4 — causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by s; having or showing a habitually bad temper; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—ic, **ulous, sour, sourish, tart sounds like—added, arid, avid

  4. AC6 — causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—acid, acidulous, sour, sourish, tart sounds like—ascetic, civic, cynic, pacific

AD

  1. AD6 — a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—dopehead, doper, druggie, fiend, freak sounds like—edict

AT

  1. AT5 — a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building synonyms—cockloft, garret, loft sounds like—antic, stick, tick

AU

  1. AU5 — a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition synonyms—check, checkup, examination, going-over, inspection

AV

  1. AV4 — having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions; showing urgent desire or interest synonyms—acquisitive, avaricious, coveting, covetous, grabby sounds like—acid, added, arid

CA

  1. 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

CI

  1. CI6 — any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous insects which have a stout body, wide blunt head, and large transparent wings and the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise usually by stridulation sounds like—acacia, arcade, became, decade, decayed

  2. CI5 — relating to a city, town, or country or to the people who live there synonyms—federal, municipal, civil, national, public sounds like—cynic

DI

  1. DI5 — a statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea, observation, or opinion synonyms—ipse dixits, assumptions, givens, hypotheticals, ifs

  2. DI6 — as in academic, academician synonyms—academe, academic, academician, pedant, educationist sounds like—adapt, addict, decant, deduct, duct

  3. DI8 — marked by or given to preaching moral values synonyms—homiletic, moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sententious sounds like—dynastic

  4. DI4 — a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity synonyms—goddess, princess, queen sounds like—arena, beaver, cheetah, deacon, deal

TA

  1. TA5 — understood although not put into words synonyms—implicit, implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced sounds like—asset, cast, caste, facet, facile

  2. TA6 — something done to achieve a particular goal synonyms—means, method, technique, way, arrangement sounds like—acting, active, antic, arctic, attic

TU

  1. TU5 — a confection or ice cream containing chopped usually candied fruits sounds like—nutty, putty, touchy

VI

  1. VI7 — a long elevated roadway usually consisting of a series of short spans supported on arches, piers, or columns

  2. VI5 — producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description synonyms—delineated, graphic, pictorial, picturesque, visual sounds like—avid, civil, devoid, divide, divvied

acacia, acai, acid, acidic, addict, attic, audit, avid, cacti, cicada, civic, dicta, didact, didactic, diva, tacit, tactic, tutti, viaduct, vivid