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NYT 🐝 Cluesβ€”Sun. 30 April, 2023

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

Letters: c  a  e  l  n  p  t

  • Total Answers: 61
  • Pangrams: 3
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

AC

  1. AC6 β€” a special notice or importance given to something; to indicate the importance of by centering attention on; accentuation; emphasis; stress sounds like ascent, assent
  2. AC6 β€” to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly; to have a favorable opinion of; to regard as right or true; have; take sounds like except
  3. AC10 β€” a readiness or willingness to accept or adapt to a given circumstance; permission given to do something; acquiescence; biddability; compliance sounds like exception, sentence
  4. AC6 β€” sounds like subtle, unsubtle
  5. AC7 β€” sounds like agitate, annotate
  6. AC4 β€” sounds like abbey, agony, algae, alley, and

AL

  1. AL6 β€” sounds like aspect, bloc, block, blocked, blocker

AP

  1. AP5 β€” with great speed; briskly; chop-chop; double-quick; fast sounds like pace, space

CA

  1. CA4 β€” to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit; bawl; bay sounds like all, ball, bawl, coal, cog
  2. CA5 β€” to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit; bawl; bay sounds like cola, gala
  3. CA5 β€” an open man-made passageway for water; aqueduct; channel; conduit; course sounds like banal, colonel, conceal, concur, confer
  4. CA6 β€” as in appetizer, hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; hors d'oeuvre; bite; morsel sounds like atop, banal, collage, concur, confer
  5. CA6 β€” sounds like common, concave, condom
  6. CA6 β€” to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to); to put an end to by formal action; to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it; abandon; abort sounds like consul, council, counsel
  7. CA4 β€” a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment; as in strap, leather; bastinado; bat; baton sounds like arraign, bane, chain
  8. CA5 β€” sounds like manna
  9. CA4 β€” the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon; the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have; the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field; diagonal; grade sounds like ant, aunt
  10. CA7 β€” as in hymn, anthem; anthem; canticle; carol; chorale
  11. CA7 β€” as in camp, club; as in pitcher, jug; as in locker, compartment; camp; club sounds like ante, antique
  12. CA4 β€” a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back; an area of land that juts out into a body of water; capote; cloak; frock sounds like ape, coop
  13. CA6 β€” sounds like shapeless
  14. CA7 β€”
  15. CA7 β€” a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval; as in deride, jeer; bird; boo; Bronx cheer
  16. CA6 β€” a short sleep; to be in a state of sleep; to sleep lightly or briefly; doze; drowse sounds like kidnap
  17. CA6 β€” as in trash, rabble; proletariat; rabble; rabblement; ragtag and bobtail sounds like battle, kettle, rattle

CE

  1. CE4 β€” an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall; one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided; a local unit of an organization; apartment; chamber sounds like bell, dell, fell, gel, hell
  2. CE4 β€” of or relating to money, banking, or investments; financial; fiscal; monetary; pecuniary sounds like as**, assent, bent, dent, lent
  3. CE8 β€” sounds like citation, citizen, petition, solution, station

CL

  1. CL4 β€” a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor; body; bunch; circle sounds like can
  2. CL4 β€” a loud explosive sound; a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument; to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner; bang; blast sounds like cap
  3. CL5 β€” free from dirt or stain; following or according to the rules; free from any trace of the coarse or indecent; antiseptic; chaste sounds like careen, glean, keen
  4. CL5 β€” sounds like elite, fleet, klieg, pleat, sleet

EC

  1. EC5 β€” as in extravaganza, mummery; extravaganza; mummery; pageant; parade sounds like cat, clad, clam, clan, clang

EL

  1. EL5 β€” to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities; singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking; individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class; cherry-pick; choose sounds like effect, eject, erect
  2. EL7 β€” sounds like affect, aplenty, collect, collector, plenty

EN

  1. EN5 β€” to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action; constitute; lay down; legislate; make sounds like intact
  2. EN6 β€” to cause to twine about one another; entwine; implicate; interlace; intertwine sounds like unless

LA

  1. LA4 β€” a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things; a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together; to cause to twine about one another; cable; cord sounds like ace, base, case, chase, face
  2. LA7 β€” sounds like backdate, dictate, locate
  3. LA7 β€” sounds like act, actor, backed, fact, factor
  4. LA5 β€” a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade; to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object; as in diamondback rattlesnake, garter snake; javelin; pike sounds like chance, dance, g*
  5. LA6 β€” sounds like bandit, cancel, facet, handsome, lonesome

NA

  1. NA7 β€” sounds like nestle

PA

  1. PA4 β€” as in rate, tempo; to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group; to move forward along a course; clip; gait sounds like ace, a**, base, case, chase
  2. PA4 β€” a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples; an arrangement about action to be taken; accord; alliance; compact sounds like act, backed, fact
  3. PA6 β€” showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort; a large impressive residence; a large, magnificent, or massive building; Babylonian; deluxe sounds like callous, malice, plus, polis
  4. PA7 β€” something that cures all ills or problems; catholicon; cure-all; elixir; nostrum sounds like anaesthesia, anise, antsy, canister, canopy
  5. PA8 β€” sounds like ancestor, antenna, asset, handset, inset

PE

  1. PE5 β€” a state without war; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; a state of freedom from storm or disturbance; peacefulness; calm sounds like apiece, cease, eyepiece, lease, niece
  2. PE5 β€” sounds like baton, cocoon, con, icon, panache
  3. PE7 β€”
  4. PE5 β€” sounds like dense, fence, hence, pounce, sense
  5. PE8 β€” sounds like tentacle

PL

  1. PL7 β€” to lessen the anger or agitation of; appease; assuage; conciliate; disarm
  2. PL5 β€” the area or space occupied by or intended for something; a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business; an assignment at which one regularly works for pay; emplacement; locale sounds like lace, pace
  3. PL8 β€” sounds like pasta, percent, percentage, processed
  4. PL9 β€” sounds like elemental, lentil, parental, percentage

TA

  1. TA5 β€” sounds like facet
  2. TA4 β€” the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them; diplomacy; tactfulness sounds like act, backed, fact, packed, pact
  3. TA4 β€” sounds like torque

TE

  1. TE8 β€” sounds like sentinel

accent, accept, acceptance, acetal, acetate, acne, alpaca, apace, call, calla, canal, canape, cancan, cancel, cane, canna, cant, cantata, canteen, cape, caplet, catalpa, catcall, catnap, cattle, cell, cent, cetacean, clan, clap, clean, cleat, eclat, elect, electee, enact, enlace, lace, lactate, lacteal, lance, lancet, nacelle, pace, pact, palace, panacea, pancetta, peace, pecan, penance, pence, pentacle, placate, place, placenta, placental, tacet, tact, talc, tentacle