Answer: BLEAK
BLEAK is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 31 times.
Referring Clues:
- Like some prospects
 - Not promising
 - Cheerless
 - Unpromising
 - Just about hopeless
 - Dickens's "___ House"
 - Discouraging
 - Like the tundra
 - Dreary
 - Like a wasteland
 - Grim
 - Dickens' "___ House"
 - Rather hopeless
 - Far from promising
 - Gloomy
 - Gloomy
 - Dismal
 - Arousing pessimism
 - Hopeless
 - Not very promising
 - Desolate
 - Cold and cheerless
 - Dim or grim
 - Far from rosy
 - Cold and dreary
 - *Dismal
 - Stark
 - Depressing
 - Cold and miserable
 - Like the mood fostered by "Waiting for Godot"
 - Not optimistic
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - March 03, 2024
 - LA Times - August 13, 2023
 - LA Times - August 03, 2023
 - New York Times - September 30, 2022
 - New York Times - January 21, 2022
 - LA Times - June 12, 2021
 - LA Times - June 06, 2021
 - Universal - May 07, 2021
 - Universal - February 28, 2021
 - New York Times - December 07, 2020
 - LA Times - September 15, 2020
 - Universal - March 02, 2020
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 20, 2018
 - Universal - November 09, 2017
 - Netword - November 03, 2017
 - New York Times - April 15, 2017
 - New York Times - February 27, 2017
 - LA Times - December 16, 2015
 - Universal - November 26, 2015
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 31, 2015
 
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