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

Letters: c  a  d  i  l  t  w

• Total Answers: 32
• 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

CA

7. 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
8. CA4 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone ** to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—all, ball, bawl, coal, cog
9. CA5 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—cola, gala
10. CA7 — a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval synonyms—bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot
11. CA7 — any of a genus (Typha of the family Typhaceae, the *** family) of tall reedy marsh plants with brown furry fruiting spikes; especially : a plant (Typha latifolia) with long flat leaves used especially for making mats and chair seats sounds like—curtail

CI

12. 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
13. CI5 — a minute short hairlike process often forming part of a fringe; especially : one on a cell that is capable of lashing movement and serves especially in free unicellular organisms to produce locomotion or in higher forms a current of fluid; eyelash sounds like—psyllium, sillier, silly

CL

14. CL4 — to cover with something that protects synonyms—face, sheathe sounds like—glad, lad, plaid
15. CL4 — as in burrow, grub; as in cut, lacerate synonyms—burrow, grub, dredge, dig in, dig sounds like—flaw, law

DI

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

IL

19. IL5 — of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium sounds like—black, bleak, clique, elite, flak
20. IL7 — contrary to or forbidden by law synonyms—criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, lawless sounds like—elicit

IT

21. IT6 — an ** character or type; a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian sounds like—idyllic, metallic, static, titanic

LA

22. LA6 — a hygroscopic organic acid C3H6O3 present normally especially in muscle tissue as a by-product of anaerobic glycolysis, produced in carbohydrate matter usually by bacterial fermentation, and used especially in food and medicine and in industry sounds like—tactic
23. LA4 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—lick
24. LA6 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—cul, cull, local, loyal, lull

LI

25. LI5 — permitted by law synonyms—lawful, legal, legit, legitimate sounds like—il*
26. LI5 — a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers; a tree or shrub congeneric with the *; a variable color averaging a moderate purple sounds like—black, buyback, eyelash, flak, hijack

TA

27. TA5 — understood although not put into words synonyms—implicit, implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced sounds like—asset, cast, caste, facet, facile
28. TA4 — the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them synonyms—diplomacy, **fulness sounds like—act, backed, fact, packed, pact
29. TA6 — something done to achieve a particular goal synonyms—means, method, technique, way, arrangement sounds like—acting, active, antic, arctic, attic
30. TA8 — suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances synonyms—advisable, desirable, expedient, judicious, politic
31. TA4 — a very soft mineral that is a basic silicate of magnesium, has a soapy feel, and is used especially in making um powder; um powder sounds like—torque

WI

32. WI7 — to prospect and drill an experimental oil or gas well or sink a mine shaft in territory not known to be productive