NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 12 October, 2022

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

Letters: h  a  c  d  e  k  l

• Total Answers: 43
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

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AC

1. AC4 — a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body synonyms—pain, pang, prick, shoot, smart sounds like—age, aid, aide, ail, aim
2. AC5 — to feel or cause physical pain synonyms—hurt, pained, smarted sounds like—ant, apt, aunt, matched, patched

AH

3. AH5 — so as to precede something in order of time; toward a point * in space or time; toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time synonyms—afore, already, antecedently, anteriorly, before sounds like—head

CA

4. CA5 — a collection of things kept available for future use or need; a supply stored up and often hidden away synonyms—deposit, hoard, reserve, store, hoard sounds like—ash, bash
5. CA6 — to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place; to put into a hiding place synonyms—hoarded, laid away, laid by, laid in, laid up sounds like—matched, patched

CH

6. CH4 — a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family comprising numerous languages of northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and ** sounds like—add, bad, dad, fad, had
7. CH5 — to explain (something) as being the result of something else; to obtain (as a goal) through effort synonyms—accredit, ascribe, attribute, credit, impute sounds like—cock, dock, hock
8. CH7 — to explain (something) as being the result of something else; to obtain (as a goal) through effort synonyms—accredited, ascribed, attributed, credited, imputed sounds like—act, backed, fact, packed, pact
9. CH7 — egg-rich yeast-leavened bread that is usually braided or twisted before baking and is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath and holidays sounds like—gala
10. CH5 — the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount; a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition; a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due synonyms—bill, tab, audit, *up, examination sounds like—deck
11. CH7 — as in controlled, restrained synonyms—bridled, constrained, controlled, curbed, governed sounds like—sect, wrecked
12. CH5 — disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request; shameless boldness; the part of the body upon which someone sits synonyms—back talk, backchat, impertinence, impudence, insolence sounds like—beak

DA

13. DA5 — as in summerhouse synonyms—summerhouse, bach, cabin, camp, chalet sounds like—batch, catch, catcher, catchup, catchy

DE

14. DE8 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—redhead
15. DE10 — to make especially a return trip without a load; to deadhead a plant; to remove the faded flowers of (a plant) especially to keep a neat appearance and to promote reblooming by preventing seed production sounds like—redheaded

EA

16. EA4 — being one of a group synonyms—any, every sounds like—b**, beech, eel, eke, etch

HA

17. HA4 — to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently; to put up with (something painful or difficult) synonyms—address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with) sounds like—back
18. HA6 — to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently; to put up with (something painful or difficult) synonyms—addressed, contended (with), coped (with), fielded, grappled (with) sounds like—act, backed, fact, hooked, packed
19. HA6 — to comb out with a ** sounds like—heckle, s**, tackle
20. HA4 — sounds like—hock, hockey
21. HA4 — a common ** (Merluccius bilinearis) of the northern Atlantic coast of the U.S. that is an important food fish sounds like—ache, bake, cake, fake
22. HA5 — sanctioned by Islamic law; especially : ritually fit for use; selling or serving food ritually fit according to Islamic law
23. HA4 — enjoying health and vigor synonyms—able-bodied, bouncing, fit, healthy, hearty sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
24. HA4 — the entrance room of a building; a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building; a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings synonyms—entranceway, entry, entryway, foyer, way sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

HE

25. HE4 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth; the place of leadership or command; a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid synonyms—bean, block, dome, mazard, nob sounds like—a, bed, dead, had, hadd
26. HE8 — a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work; something that is a source of irritation synonyms—bear, beast, chore, job, killer sounds like—haddock, medic
27. HE6 — to go on a specified course or in a certain direction; to be at the front of; to be in charge of synonyms—bore, made, led, bossed, captained sounds like—wedded
28. HE4 — to restore to a thy condition; to become thy and strong again after illness or weakness; to bring about recovery from synonyms—cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate sounds like—deal, eel, feel, hail, hall
29. HE6 — as in repaired, fixed synonyms—fixed, mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed sounds like—field, hold, sealed, shield, wheeled
30. HE4 — a state in which everything is out of order synonyms—chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray sounds like—c**, deck, hack, hair, hare
31. HE6 — to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults synonyms—bait, hassle, haze, needle, ride sounds like—hackle
32. HE7 — to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults synonyms—baited, hassled, hazed, needled, rode
33. HE4 — a state of being aware; strict attentiveness to what one is doing synonyms—advertence, advertency, attention, awareness, cognizance sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, had
34. HE6 — to take notice of and be guided by; to pay attention especially through the act of hearing synonyms—followed, listened (to), minded, noted, observed sounds like—needed
35. HE4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others synonyms—bastard, beast, bleeder, blighter, boor sounds like—deal, eel, feel, hail, hall
36. HE6 — as in inclined, angled synonyms—angled, canted, cocked, inclined, listed sounds like—field, hold, sealed, shield, w**
37. HE4 — to have or keep in one's hands; to continue to have in one's possession or power; to have as an opinion synonyms—clenched, clung (to), clutched, gripped, kept sounds like—felled, hold, meld, shelled
38. HE4 — the place of punishment for the wicked after death; a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness; a state in which everything is out of order synonyms—Gehenna, Pandemonium, perdition, Tophet, agony sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fell, gel

LE

39. LE5 — as in percolate; as in clean, purify synonyms—percolate, filter, screen, strain, clarify sounds like—beach, beech, b*, each, latch
40. LE7 — as in percolated; as in cleaned, purified synonyms—percolated, filtered, screened, strained, clarified sounds like—b***
41. LE4 — sexual appetite synonyms—concupiscence, desire, eroticism, horniness, hots sounds like—check, deck, fleck, heck, lack
42. LE5 — a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return synonyms—bloodsucker, freeloader, free rider, hanger-on, moocher sounds like—beach, beech, bleach, each, latch
43. LE7 — as in used, mooched synonyms—freeloaded, mooched, sponged, exploited, used sounds like—bleached

ache, ached, ahead, cache, cached, chad, chalk, chalked, challah, check, checked, cheek, dacha, deadhead, deadheaded, each, hack, hacked, hackle, haka, hake, halal, hale, hall, head, headache, headed, heal, healed, heck, heckle, heckled, heed, heeded, heel, heeled, held, hell, leach, leached, lech, leech, leeched