NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 19 October, 2022

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

Letters: m  a  c  i  n  t  y

  • Total Answers: 31
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AM

  1. AM5 — kindly concern, interest, or support synonyms—benevolence, brotherhood, charity, cordiality, cordialness sounds like—ante, city, committee, ditty, emit

AN

  1. AN5 — an individual's true inner self that in the analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct; also : an inner feminine part of the male personality sounds like—alma, asthma, edema, prima

CA

  1. CA6 — any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera **, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators sounds like—common, omen

  2. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma

  3. CA7 — any of a genus (Nepeta) of Old World temperate-zone herbs of the mint family; especially : catnip sounds like—chemist, claimant, comment, commit, culminate

  4. CA6 — any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators sounds like—common, layman

IM

  1. IM4 — the prayer leader of a mosque; a Muslim leader of the line of Ali held by Shiites to be the divinely appointed, sinless, infallible successors of Muhammad; any of various rulers that claim descent from Muhammad and exercise spiritual and temporal leadership over a Muslim region sounds like—mom

IN

  1. IN8 — the state of being in a very personal or private relationship synonyms—belonging, chumminess, closeness, familiarity, inseparability

MA

  1. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to synonyms—cripple, disable, incapacitate, lame, mutilate sounds like—aim, came, dame, fame, game

  2. MA4 — coming before all others in importance synonyms—arch, big, capital, cardinal, central sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign

  3. MA8 — to keep in good condition; to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections; to pay the living expenses of synonyms—conserve, keep up, preserve, save, defend sounds like—contain, mountain, mundane

  4. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

  5. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

  6. MA5 — a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life; something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned synonyms—aberration, dementia, derangement, insanity, lunacy

  7. MA6 — a person judged to be legally or medically insane; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—bug, crackbrain, crazy, fool, fruitcake

  8. MA5 — affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania sounds like—panic

  9. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonyms—delectation, delight, feast, gas, joy

  10. MA5 — any of several extremely large rays synonyms—devilfish, * ray, sea devil

  11. MA4 — being of a large but indefinite number synonyms—beaucoup, legion, multifold, multiple, multiplex sounds like—any, meant, mend, merry, messy

MI

  1. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca

  2. MI5 — to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of; to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior synonyms—burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock sounds like—gimmick, mythic

  3. MI4 — a very small automobile synonyms—compact, coupe, intermediate, limousine, **car sounds like—genie, many, mealy, mean, meaner

  4. MI7 — a portable television camera sounds like—cynical, income, modicum

  5. MI5 — as in tiny, minuscule synonyms—bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro

  6. MI6 — as in semblances, modicums synonyms—hoots, iotas, jots, minims, modicums sounds like—cinema, edema, mania

  7. MI4 — being in an original and unused or unspoiled state synonyms—brand-new, fresh, pristine, span-new, virgin sounds like—hint, lint, meant

  8. MI5 — a very large amount of money synonyms—big bucks, bomb, boodle, bundle, earth

  9. MI6 — the quorum required for Jewish communal worship that consists of ten male adults in Orthodox Judaism and usually ten adults of either sex in Conservative and Reform Judaism

  10. MI4 — to furnish with a tip; to cover or adorn the tip of; to blend (furs) for improved appearance by brushing the tips of the hair with dye sounds like—bit, chit, emit, fit, hit

MY

  1. MY4 — any of various Asian starlings (especially genera Acridotheres, Gracula, and Sturnus); especially : a dark brown slightly crested bird (A. tristis) of southeastern Asia with a white tail tip and wing markings and bright yellow bill and feet sounds like—mana, manna, min, mince, mint

TA

  1. TA6 — straw matting used as a floor covering in a Japanese home sounds like—anatomy, atom, balmy, battery, catty

amity, anima, caiman, cami, catmint, cayman, imam, intimacy, maim, main, maintain, mama, mamma, mania, maniac, manic, manna, manta, many, mica, mimic, mini, minicam, minim, minima, mint, minty, minyan, mitt, myna, tatami