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NYT 🐝 Clues—Mon. 7 November, 2022

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

Letters: a  c  d  e  t  v  x

  • Total Answers: 36
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AC

  1. AC6 — to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) synonyms—acquiesce, agree, assent, come round, consent sounds like—exceed
  2. AC7 — to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) synonyms—acquiesced, agreed, assented, came round, consented sounds like—axiom
  3. AC4 — as in nailed synonyms—nailed, brought about, effected, effectuated, implemented sounds like—assert, bust, dust, east, gust
  4. AC7 — a colorless fragrant volatile flammable liquid ester C4H8O2 used especially as a solvent sounds like—agitate, annotate
  5. AC5 — to present a portrayal or performance of; to produce a desired effect; to give the impression of being synonyms—did, impersonated, interpreted, performed, played sounds like—added, arid

AD

  1. AD5 — resulting in an increase in amount or number synonyms—additional, another, else, farther, fresh sounds like—acid, arid, avid, dud, p*

AX

  1. AX4 — to let go from office, service, or employment synonyms—bounced, canned, cashiered, discharged, dismissed sounds like—act, t, w

CA

  1. CA5 — a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money synonyms—fancy man, pander, pimp, procurer
  2. CA4 — a sparkling wine produced in Catalonia sounds like—comma, java, lava
  3. CA4 — a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface synonyms—antre, **rn, delve, grot, grotto sounds like—cove, crave, curve
  4. CA6 — something (such as a piece of advice) that should be remembered when one is doing or thinking about something synonyms—admonishment, admonition, alarm, alert, caution sounds like—aviator, cleat, combat, copycat, covert
  5. CA5 — as in submitted, yielded synonyms—capitulated, submitted, yielded, beset, besieged sounds like—curved, paved

DA

  1. DA4 — a small freshwater European cyprinid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); any of various small North American freshwater cyprinid fishes sounds like—ace, base, case, chase
  2. DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted
  3. DA4 — an agreement to be present at a specified time and place; the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress synonyms—appointment, assignation, engagement, rendezvous, tryst sounds like—ate, bait, debt, dirt, dot
  4. DA5 — having passed its time of use or usefulness synonyms—antiquated, archaic, démodé, demoded, fossilized sounds like—bated, weighted

DE

  1. DE4 — no longer living; lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation; depleted in strength, energy, or freshness synonyms—asleep, breathless, cold, deceased, defunct sounds like—bed, dad, dare
  2. DE6 — a group or set of 10 : such as; a period of 10 years; a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys

EA

  1. EA4 — the lower border of a roof that overhangs the wall —usually used in plural; a projecting edge (as of a hill) —usually used in plural sounds like—eel, eke, h, l, thieve

EV

  1. EV5 — to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery synonyms—avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape sounds like—invade
  2. EV6 — to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery synonyms—avoided, dodged, ducked, eluded, escaped sounds like—avoided, divided, elated, eroded, faded

EX

  1. EX5 — being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard; being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent; following an original *ly synonyms—accurate, bang on, correct, dead-on, good sounds like—enact
  2. EX6 — perfecta
  3. EX7 — to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority; to establish or apply as a charge or penalty; to get (as money) by the use of force or threats synonyms—called (for), claimed, clamored (for), commanded, demanded
  4. EX8 — to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth synonyms—dig, shovel
  5. EX9 — to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth synonyms—dug, shoveled

TA

  1. TA5 — used as a direction in music to indicate that an instrument is not to play during a movement or long section sounds like—facet
  2. TA4 — the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them synonyms—diplomacy, **fulness sounds like—act, backed, fact, packed, pact
  3. TA6 — to work at tatting; to make by tatting
  4. TA4sounds like—toxin
  5. TA5 — to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress synonyms—strained, stretched, tested, tried sounds like—text, waxed

TE

  1. TE4 — the protuberance through which milk is drawn from an udder or breast : nipple; a small projection or a nib (as on a mechanical part) sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

VA

  1. VA6 — to put an end to by formal action; to remove the contents of synonyms—abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid sounds like—baked, locate, placate, shakeout, skate
  2. VA7 — left unoccupied or unused synonyms—abandoned, derelict, deserted, desolate, disused sounds like—located
  3. VA5 — to administer a vaccine to : vaccinate sounds like—taxed, waxed
  4. VA6 — to administer a vaccine to : vaccinate sounds like—accept, access, axis, basket, casket

accede, acceded, aced, acetate, acted, added, axed, cadet, cava, cave, caveat, caved, dace, data, date, dated, dead, decade, eave, evade, evaded, exact, exacta, exacted, excavate, excavated, tacet, tact, tatted, taxa, taxed, teat, vacate, vacated, vaxed, vaxxed