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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DRY
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

LAY
Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

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ASHY
Of a light grey

BALD
Grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already"

BARE
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

CALM
Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

COOL
Loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"

DAMP
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

DUSK
The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

EVEN
The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

FLAT
A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

GRAY
Clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"

GREY
Clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"

GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

HARD
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"

LEAN
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

MILD
Mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"

OPEN
Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

PALE
Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

PURE
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

SOFT
(of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"

TAME
Very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes

SANE
Mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

DRAB
A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

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GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

UNLIT
Without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"

STAID
Characterized by dignity and propriety

ROBES

ABATE
Make less active or intense

ACIER

ALLAY
Lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

ASHEN
Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"

BLAND
Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"

BLUNT
Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"

DINGY
Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

DUSKY
Lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"

DUSTY
Covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books"

FATAL
Bringing death

FRANK
A member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century

GLOSS
An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

GRAND
A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

HEAVY
A serious (or tragic) role in a play

LIGHT
A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"

LIVID
Furiously angry; "willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid"

MOUSY
Infested with mice

NOBLE
A titled peer of the realm

PEARL
A shade of white the color of bleached bones

PLAIN
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

PROSY
Lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

QUIET
A disposition free from stress or emotion

REGAL
Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

ROYAL
Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches

SLATY
Of the color of slate or granite; "the slaty sky of dawn"

SMOKY
Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky corridor"

SOBER
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

SOLID
Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"

SOUND
The subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"

SPARE
A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

STARK
Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"

SWART
Naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"

SWEET
The property of tasting as if it contains sugar

TAUPE
A greyish brown

CLEAN
A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

STAID

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UNDARK

AUGUST
The month following July and preceding September

CANDID
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

COMMON
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

CREAMY
Of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"

DAMPEN
Check; keep in check (a fire)

DAPPLE
A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

DEADEN
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

DEMURE
Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

DIRECT
Put an address on (an envelope)

DISMAL
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"

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"

FORMAL
A gown for evening wear

FRUGAL
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

GENTLE
Stroke soothingly

GRAYED

HOMELY
Plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare"

KINGLY
Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest"

LEADEN
Lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"

LESSEN
Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

LORDLY
Of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

LOWKEY

MELLOW
Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"

MENTAL
Affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"

MUSING
Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

NOETIC
Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

PASTEL
Any of various pale or light colors

PEARLY
Informal terms for a human `tooth'

PLACID
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"

PROPER
Limited to the thing specified; "the city proper"; "his claim is connected with the deed proper"

REDUCE
Take off weight

RUSTIC
An unsophisticated country person

SERENE
Not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"