The Clue
Downcast (12 letter answer)
The Answer
DISCONSOLATE
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Notes
The answer DISCONSOLATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
DISCONSOLATE as an adjective:
1. (inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable) = sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"
2. (blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary) = causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"