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

2. 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

3. CA6 — any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera **, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators sounds like—common, omen
4. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma
5. 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
6. CA6 — any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators sounds like—common, layman

IM

7. 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

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

MA

9. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to synonyms—cripple, disable, incapacitate, lame, mutilate sounds like—aim, came, dame, fame, game
10. MA4 — coming before all others in importance synonyms—arch, big, capital, cardinal, central sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
11. 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
12. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
13. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
14. 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
15. 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
16. MA5 — affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania sounds like—panic
17. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonyms—delectation, delight, feast, gas, joy
18. MA5 — any of several extremely large rays synonyms—devilfish, * ray, sea devil
19. MA4 — being of a large but indefinite number synonyms—beaucoup, legion, multifold, multiple, multiplex sounds like—any, meant, mend, merry, messy

MI

20. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca
21. 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
22. MI4 — a very small automobile synonyms—compact, coupe, intermediate, limousine, **car sounds like—genie, many, mealy, mean, meaner
23. MI7 — a portable television camera sounds like—cynical, income, modicum
24. MI5 — as in tiny, minuscule synonyms—bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro
25. MI6 — as in semblances, modicums synonyms—hoots, iotas, jots, minims, modicums sounds like—cinema, edema, mania
26. MI4 — being in an original and unused or unspoiled state synonyms—brand-new, fresh, pristine, span-new, virgin sounds like—hint, lint, meant
27. MI5 — a very large amount of money synonyms—big bucks, bomb, boodle, bundle, earth
28. 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
29. 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

30. 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

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