| Dismal, wearisome |
The Times Concise |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Ready perhaps to include the right, but how dull it is (6) |
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| Doctor has a bad year and becomes dismal (6) |
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| Dismal, cheerless (6) |
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| Unexciting bottom entertained in course of empty day |
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| Boring, dull |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 May 2025 |
| Cheerless doctor seen before New Year (6) |
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| Dull |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Gloomy |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2025 |
| It's so gloomy in such a dry era! (6) |
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| Dull, arid hedges are running wild |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Dull, boring: drab and - |
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| Dismal dry listener inside (6) |
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| Sad days loom, ultimately repeatedly |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Back in Derby on vacation a** that's dull (6) |
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| In teetotal accommodation, are awfully miserable (6) |
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| Gloomy set up in empty day |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Overcast |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Dismal |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Are playing inside, not wet and miserable (6) |
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| Humdrum (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Dull (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Dull and tedious(6) |
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| Dismal doctor takes a year off (6) |
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| Lifeless wheat tip has dry exterior (6) |
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| Doctor before New Year is cheerless (6) |
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| It's dull to use a dryer (6) |
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| Overcast, say |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Dismal, but not wet around the ear (6) |
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| Depressing day when area is behind |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Like the midnight when the raven visits |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Boring, boring without a listener (6) |
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| Dull for listener in dry surroundings (6) |
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| In a non-alcoholic setting the listener is so dull! (6) |
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| Dull, drab (6) |
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| Back inside daily void - depressing! |
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| Overcast back in outskirts of Derby |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Dismal listener in arid surroundings (6) |
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| Tedious |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 May 2024 |
| Dull and boring |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 May 2024 |
| Dull, tedious |
The Times Concise |
11 May 2024 |
| It's dry around most of the year - but dull (6) |
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| Dismal, dull |
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| Dismal listener in parched surrounding (6) |
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| Doleful |
Mirror Classic |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Miserable organ in arid surroundings (6) |
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| "Once upon a midnight ___..." (Poe poem) (6) |
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| Gloomy %26 dismal |
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| Are awfully thirsty all round, which is miserable (6) |
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| Getting back in less than a day is tiresome! (6) |
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| Miserable to raise children in outskirts of Derby (6) |
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| Dismal, gloomy |
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| Dull doctor seen with listener before end of day |
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| Gloomy |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Expensive year king held to be tiresome |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Sad or dull (6) |
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| Dull, boring (6) |
Puzzler |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Depressing, not bright (6) |
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| Forlorn, hollow dummy covers behind (6) |
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| Forlorn, hollow dummy covers behind |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Dull doctor: "What's coming on Monday?" |
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| Dismal days breed animosity in the end |
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| Listener involved in quietly humorous routine (6) |
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| Listener inside boring and gloomy |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Cheerless |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Cheerless |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Regarding yard - it's dull and uninspiring (6) |
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| Inside moistureless auricle it's tedious (6) |
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| Day getting behind instead of having a routine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Nov 2023 |
| Sad lady leaving city gets bottom pinched |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Dismal medic unknown to receive attention |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Jul 2023 |
| Gloomy |
Universal |
11 Jun 2023 |
| Drab |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jun 2023 |
| Boring date — back on eHarmony, ultimately |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 May 2023 |
| First adjective in 'The Raven' |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2023 |
| Cheerless |
Canadiana |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Dismal |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Aug 2022 |
| Overcast, say |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Soul-destroying |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2022 |
| Appreciation of music breaking tedious routine |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Boring director back, wary after losing battles |
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| Dull parent replaces contents of diary |
|
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| Back in Derby on vacation – that's dull |
|
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| Tedious last part filling empty day |
|
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| Overcast |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Dull days breed melancholy, ultimately |
|
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| Flat, shell-like blocks in need of water? |
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| Dull not having alcohol over bit of cereal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Sep 2020 |
| Wretched old Tory right-wingers holding back |
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| Dull note replacing one penned in journal |
|
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| Sombre listener in flat |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Cheerless |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Depressing |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Feb 2020 |
| Dismal |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2019 |
| Dismal |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Gloomy listener in flat |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Gloomy, as weather |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Bleak |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Boring, boring organ stops |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Gloomy listener in boring grip |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Jan 2019 |
| Expensive year king held to be tiresome |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Like midnight, in "The Raven" |
The New Yorker |
08 Oct 2018 |
| Like overcast days |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Dismal |
Premier Sunday |
19 Aug 2018 |
| Uninteresting |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Dull |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Blue top, portrayed otherwise |
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| Tedious wine type grabbing attention |
|
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| With no alcohol around, singer Chris is boring |
|
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| Dull, back breaking duty, it's heartless |
|
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| Dull, depressing |
The Times Concise |
09 May 2018 |
| . Are suffering in boring surroundings – that's depressing |
|
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| Depressingly dull |
The Guardian Speedy |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Gloomy doctor, tired, losing weight |
|
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| Gloomy doctor, tired, losing weight |
|
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| Gloomy organ in arid setting |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Jan 2018 |
| Like overcast days |
|
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| Thirsty to grab attention? Not interesting |
|
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| Boring daydreamer misses dame |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Love bagging runs, avoiding exciting stuff |
|
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| Gloomy doctor having a bad year |
|
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| Gloomy |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Apr 2017 |
| Depressing hearing organ in Derby in odd places |
|
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| Like a pub with no beer that's captured attention? |
|
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| Boring bit of rubbish swallowed by ducks? |
|
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| *See 61-Across |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Tedious case of dandy pinching bottom |
|
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| Sad for Bottom after hint of doubt at end of play |
|
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| Dull and boring, cornering attention |
|
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| Dull being back for a day |
|
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| Dull and depressing |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Flat ready for refurbishment? Builder finally moves in |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Oct 2016 |
| Cheerless |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jul 2016 |
| Drab and dismal |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 May 2016 |
| Sombre doctor, before appointment, dispensing repeated quantity of pills? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Apr 2016 |
| First adjective in 'The Raven' |
The Washington Post |
27 Mar 2016 |
| Dull day last year |
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| Dull and uninteresting? Listener needs to be engaged |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Cheerless |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Gloomy feature in arid surroundings |
|
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| Dismal, depressing |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Jul 2015 |
| Dismal |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Jul 2015 |
| Depressing |
Universal |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Dull, gloomy |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Like rainy weather, say |
New York Times |
27 May 2015 |
| Depressingly dull back in outskirts of Derby |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Feb 2015 |
| Depressing |
|
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| Like rainy weather, say |
|
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| Cheerless |
|
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| Dull journal I chucked having only half read content |
|
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| Dismal |
|
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| Bleak |
|
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| "Once upon a midnight ___ ..." |
|
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| Depressingly dismal |
|
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| Cheerless |
|
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| Overcast |
|
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| Gray |
|
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| Like a dismal day |
|
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| Like a dismal day |
|
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| Depressive |
|
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| Depressive |
|
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| Dismal |
|
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| Cheerless |
|
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| Like a rainy day |
|
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| Like a dismal day |
|
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| Cheerless |
|
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| Not bright |
|
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| Gloomy |
|
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| Not all that bright |
|
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| Cheerless |
|
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| Like a rainy day |
|
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| Like rainy days, to some |
|
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| Bleak |
|
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| Dismal |
|
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| 'Once upon a midnight -- . . .' |
|
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| Gloomy |
|
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| Lacking in liveliness |
|
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| Tedious |
|
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| Tedious |
|
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| "Once upon a midnight _____..." |
|
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| Humdrum |
|
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| Dull, humourless organ stops |
|
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| Depressing |
|
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| Depressingly dismal |
|
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| Lackluster |
|
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| Drab |
|
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| Dismal |
|
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| Like a cloudy day |
|
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| Like Poe's "midnight" |
|
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| Fifth word of "The Raven" |
|
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| "Once upon a midnight ___" |
|
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| Cheerless. |
|
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| Sad. |
|
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| Bleak. |
|
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| Dismal. |
|
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| Doleful. |
|
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| Like a rainy day |
|
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| Monotonous. |
|
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| "Once upon a midnight ___."—Poe. |
|
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| Gloomy. |
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