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The Clue

Emaciated (5 letter answer)

The Answer

GAUNT

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Notes

The answer GAUNT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 900 puzzles.

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Definition

GAUNT as an adjective:

1. (bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted) = very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"