Gloomy Crossword Clue

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Gloomy Crossword Answer

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DISMAL

(6 letters)

SAD

(3 letters)

DREAR

(5 letters)

SOMBER

(6 letters)

TRISTE

(6 letters)

GRIM

(4 letters)

DREARY

(6 letters)

MOROSE

(6 letters)

UNLIT

(5 letters)

GUS

(3 letters)

MOURNFUL

(8 letters)

BLEAK

(5 letters)

SULLEN

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
2. stubbornly unyielding

Hint 2: Clue Definition

GLOOMY (adjective)
1. depressingly dark
2. causing dejection

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DISMAL
(6 letters)
SAD
(3 letters)
DREAR
(5 letters)
SOMBER
(6 letters)
TRISTE
(6 letters)
GRIM
(4 letters)
DREARY
(6 letters)
MOROSE
(6 letters)
UNLIT
(5 letters)
GUS
(3 letters)
MOURNFUL
(8 letters)
BLEAK
(5 letters)
SULLEN
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
DURO

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15. Plant that Tarzan swings on

16. Skedaddle

17. That'll never happen!

19. Reference book with maps

20. Goodbye, in French

21. Minor fender damage

23. Took the bus

24. WNBA official

26. Texas city named after a Ukrainian city

28. Made a snack tray for

31. Singers for whom a high C is a comfortable note

35. Flower or eye part

37. Rocky ___ (ice cream flavor)

38. Olympian Bolt

42. Call when a baseball spectator illegally alters the course of play

45. In unison

46. Swimming competition

47. Meal in a slow cooker

48. Accepts the truth

51. Magazine workers (Abbr.)

52. Pride Month event

55. Greed or gluttony

57. Shape of many cameos

58. Bring in

62. Wi-Fi device

66. Discontinued iPods

68. Amount that's reasonable

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71. ___ pilaf

72. Moderate gait

73. Tedious tasks

74. Fútbol cheers

75. They're often cooped up

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Down

1. Couch

2. Laundry unit

3. Against

4. Indiana basketball player

5. Egg cells

6. Good-hearted

7. Fairy tale beginning

8. Sharp

9. Free TV ad, for short

10. Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Lawrence, for two

11. Flies alone, say

12. Amphibians who make "qwark-qwark-qwark" calls instead of croaks

13. On the ocean

18. Shades of colors

22. Boatload

25. Kids' creation that might be made out of pillows or snow

28. World Cup org.

29. Taylor Swift's The ___ Tour

30. The Flintstone's pet

32. Amanda Gorman works

33. Less common

34. Commercial's cost

36. Popular event at a piano bar

39. Poker buy-in

40. On the rocks

41. "Did you hear the latest ___?"

43. Have to have

44. Airport pickup stats

49. Simple top

50. Droopy

52. Abodes for 12-Down

53. To no ___ (unsuccessfully)

54. Total stranger

56. Toward the Arctic

59. Rounded hairstyle

60. Part of a train track

61. Way to go

63. Really urgent

64. MBA's university major, perhaps

65. Baseball team based in Queens

67. Roads, for short

69. Hi-__ image

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