The Clue
Ominous (8 letter answer)
The Answer
SINISTER
Tags
Notes
The answer SINISTER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
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Dark
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Up to no good
Definition
SINISTER as an adjective:
1. (baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening) = threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
2. (black, dark, sinister) = stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
3. on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"