The Clue
More dismal, as skies (6 letter answer)
The Answer
GRAYER
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Notes
The answer GRAYER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
Related Clues
More bleak
More grizzled
More hoary
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Showing more age, maybe
Definition
GRAY as an adjective:
1. (grey, gray, greyish, grayish) = of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
2. (grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired) = showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
3. (dull, grey, gray, leaden) = darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
4. (grey, gray) = used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure"
5. (grey, gray) = intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"