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

5. 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

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

AU

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

AV

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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
11. 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

12. DI5 — a statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea, observation, or opinion synonyms—ipse dixits, assumptions, givens, hypotheticals, ifs
13. DI6 — as in academic, academician synonyms—academe, academic, academician, pedant, educationist sounds like—adapt, addict, decant, deduct, duct
14. DI8 — marked by or given to preaching moral values synonyms—homiletic, moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sententious sounds like—dynastic
15. 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

16. TA5 — understood although not put into words synonyms—implicit, implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced sounds like—asset, cast, caste, facet, facile
17. TA6 — something done to achieve a particular goal synonyms—means, method, technique, way, arrangement sounds like—acting, active, antic, arctic, attic

TU

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

VI

19. VI7 — a long elevated roadway usually consisting of a series of short spans supported on arches, piers, or columns
20. VI5 — producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description synonyms—delineated, graphic, pictorial, picturesque, visual sounds like—avid, civil, devoid, divide, divvied