NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 25 December, 2022

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

Letters: c  d  e  n  o  t  u

• Total Answers: 75
• Pangrams: 4
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

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CE

1. CE4 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down sounds like—bead, deed, feed, heed, keyed
2. CE5 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—coughed up, delivered, gave up, handed over, laid down sounds like—faded, jaded
3. CE4 — of or relating to money, banking, or investments synonyms—financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary, pocket sounds like—as, assent, bent, dent, lent

CO

4. CO7 — a fatty oil or semisolid fat extracted from fresh ***s and used especially in making soaps and food products sounds like—cabinet
5. CO6 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds like—cuckoo
6. CO8 — to surround or cover closely synonyms—bosomed, bowered, circumfused, embosomed, embowered
7. CO4 — a collection or system of rules of conduct synonyms—canon, constitution, decalogue, law sounds like—bode
8. CO5 — as in encrypted, en* synonyms—ciphered, enciphered, en*, encrypted, garbled
9. CO5 — a specific sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that is part of the genetic code and that specifies a particular amino acid in a protein or starts or stops protein synthesis —called also triplet
10. CO4 — as in undergraduate, postgraduate synonyms—collegian, postgraduate, undergraduate, pupil, scholar
11. CO7 — to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly; to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) synonyms—acknowledge, admit, agree, allow, confess
12. CO8 — to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly; to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) synonyms—acknowledged, admitted, agreed, allowed, confessed sounds like—unleaded
13. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked
14. CO9 — as in unrealistic, fabricated synonyms—automatic, canned, fabricated, hokey, labored
15. CO5 — as in *minium, penthouse synonyms—bed-sitter, cohousing, *minium, duplex, duplex apartment
16. CO7 — to dismiss as of little importance synonyms—blink (at), brush (aside or off), discount, disregard, excuse
17. CO8 — as in countenanced, brooked synonyms—brooked, countenanced, accorded, granted, sanctioned sounds like—bonded, candid, hardened
18. CO7 — to look after and make decisions about; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way synonyms—administer, administrate, carry on, control, direct
19. CO9 — to look after and make decisions about; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way synonyms—administered, administrated, carried on, controlled, directed
20. CO4 — to make -shaped; to bevel like the slanting surface of a sounds like—bone, can, cane, clone, clones
21. CO5 — to make cone-shaped; to bevel like the slanting surface of a cone sounds like—canned, honed, kind, owned
22. CO7 — to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole; to come together to form a single unit; to think of (something) in combination synonyms—catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate
23. CO9 — as in associated, inter* synonyms—associated, inter*, interrelated, joined, affiliated sounds like—affected
24. CO6 — to commit to memory; to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) synonyms—learned, memorized, studied, audited, checked (out) sounds like—bond, canned, card, fond, kind
25. CO7 — to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning synonyms—imply, suggest, denote, express, import sounds like—keynote
26. CO8 — to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning synonyms—implied, suggested, denoted, expressed, imported sounds like—noted, quoted, wanted
27. CO7 — to engage in a contest; to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration; to state as a fact usually forcefully synonyms—battle, compete, face off, fight, race
28. CO9 — to engage in a contest; to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration; to state as a fact usually forcefully synonyms—battled, competed, faced off, fought, raced
29. CO7 — a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition); the amount of something (as subject matter) included; the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action synonyms—matter, motif, motive, question, subject
30. CO9 — feeling that one's needs or desires have been met synonyms—content, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied
31. CO5 — as in curred synonyms—curred, fizzed, hissed, murmured, purred sounds like—crude, curd
32. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute
33. CO4 — as in henhouse, dove synonyms—dove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds like—boat, cat, caught
34. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten
35. CO8 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch
36. CO5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added; a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person synonyms—census, tale, tally, charge, complaint sounds like—ac*, can't, mount
37. CO7 — to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added; to be of importance; to place reliance or trust synonyms—enumerated, numbered, told, imported, mattered sounds like—mounted

CU

38. CU4 — as in lined, lined up synonyms—aligned, lined, lined up, queued, emplaced sounds like—crude, feud, queue, skewed
39. CU4 — clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means; making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred; very pleasing to look at synonyms—artful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning sounds like—a**, mute, queue
40. CU6 — to stop functioning; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to leave a place often for another synonyms—break, break down, conk (out), crash, die sounds like—shutout

DE

41. DE8 — a dead person synonyms—deceased, bones, cadaver, carcass, corpus
42. DE6 — conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue; following the accepted rules of moral conduct; following the established traditions of refined society and good taste synonyms—all right, ethical, good, honest, honorable sounds like—recent
43. DE4 — a popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized especially by bold outlines, geometric and zigzag forms, and the use of new materials (such as plastic) sounds like—echo
44. DE6 — as in reduce, boil down synonyms—boil down, reduce, clarify, clean, cleanse
45. DE8 — as in reduced, boiled down synonyms—boiled down, reduced, clarified, cleaned, cleansed
46. DE6 — to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language; to have a clear idea of synonyms—break, crack, decipher, decrypt, appreciate sounds like—code
47. DE7 — to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language; to have a clear idea of synonyms—broke, cracked, deciphered, decrypted, appreciated sounds like—divided, eroded
48. DE6 — to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information synonyms—conclude, decide, derive, extrapolate, gather sounds like—seduce
49. DE7 — to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information synonyms—concluded, decided, derived, extrapolated, gathered sounds like—reduced
50. DE6 — to take away (an amount or number) from a total synonyms—abate, knock off, subtract, take off sounds like—didn't
51. DE8 — to take away (an amount or number) from a total synonyms—abated, knocked off, subtracted, took off sounds like—addicted
52. DE8 — to declare to be morally wrong or evil; to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of; to express public or formal disapproval of synonyms—anathematize, censure, condemn, damn, decry sounds like—renounce
53. DE9 — to declare to be morally wrong or evil; to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of; to express public or formal disapproval of synonyms—anathematized, censured, condemned, damned, decried sounds like—announced
54. DE6 — to come upon after searching, study, or effort synonyms—ascertain, descry, determine, dig out, dig up
55. DE8 — as in identified, discovered synonyms—discovered, identified, bustling, busy, crowded sounds like—affected, connected, directed, protected, selected
56. DE5 — as in dickens synonyms—dickens, archfiend, Beelzebub, devil, fiend sounds like—bus, dice, done, dose, douse

DO

57. DO6 — as in professor, doctor synonyms—dean, doctor, don, prof, professor sounds like—decent

DU

58. DU4 — a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) synonyms—channel, conduit, leader, line, penstock sounds like—decay, decoy
59. DU6 — to enclose in a duct; to convey (something, such as a gas) through a duct; also : to propagate (something, such as radio waves) through a duct sounds like—addicted, decayed, dictum, directed, dotted
60. DU5 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—dance, dense, done, once

EC

61. EC7 — a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities sounds like—extol, intone

ED

62. ED5 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—elicit, evoke, inspire, raise sounds like—juice
63. ED6 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—elicited, evoked, inspired, raised sounds like—adjust, boost, gist, jest, joust

EN

64. EN6 — as in encrypt, code synonyms—cipher, code, encipher, encrypt, garble sounds like—anode, code, decode, echo
65. EN7 — as in encrypted, coded synonyms—ciphered, coded, enciphered, encrypted, garbled sounds like—unloaded

NE

66. NE6 — as in **servative synonyms—**servative, conformist, diehard, standpatter, right sounds like—beacon, deacon, knuckle, weaken

NO

67. NO5 — as in occasional, infrequent synonyms—inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, occasional sounds like—nuance

OC

68. OC5 — as in trio, quartet synonyms—duo, quartet, quintet, septet, sextet sounds like—onset

ON

69. ON4 — at an earlier or previous time synonyms—erstwhile, formerly, onetime sounds like—whence, wince, won

OU

70. OU5 — a very small amount synonyms—ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram sounds like—b*, p*

UN

71. UN7 — sounds like—needed
72. UN11 — not clearly or logically connected; not physically attached to another unit synonyms—choppy, disconnected, disjointed, incoherent, detached
73. UN9 — too many to be counted synonyms—countless, innumerable, innumerous, myriad, numberless
74. UN5 — as in undiminished, unabridged synonyms—unabridged, undiminished, compleat, complete, comprehensive sounds like—annuity, bucket, circuit, cut, docket
75. UN10 — as in unknown, undisclosed synonyms—undisclosed, unknown, unrevealed, pristine, unspoiled

cede, ceded, cent, coconut, cocoon, cocooned, code, coded, codon, coed, concede, conceded, concoct, concocted, condo, condone, condoned, conduct, conducted, cone, coned, connect, connected, conned, connote, connoted, contend, contended, content, contented, cooed, coot, cote, cotton, cottoned, count, counted, cued, cute, cutout, decedent, decent, deco, decoct, decocted, decode, decoded, deduce, deduced, deduct, deducted, denounce, denounced, detect, detected, deuce, docent, duct, ducted, dunce, ecotone, educe, educed, encode, encoded, neocon, nonce, octet, once, ounce, unceded, unconnected, uncounted, uncut, undetected