| Color of an elephant's skin |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Overcast |
Universal |
26 Nov 2025 |
| Like an overcast sky |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2025 |
| *Idiom with the color changed! Once in a ___ moon, when something is a very common occurrence and not a rare sight |
|
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| Like gloomy skies |
Universal |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Linda ___-, starred as Sue Ellen Ewing in Dallas (4) |
|
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| Author/anatomist |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Battleship color |
LA Times Mini |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Actor in Criminal Minds, Matthew ___- Gubler (4) |
|
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| Brain's ___ matter |
|
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| Actress who played Sue Ellen Ewing in Dallas, Linda ___ (4) |
|
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| "The Man in the ___ Flannel Suit"; film for Gregory Peck |
|
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| Black plus white |
|
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| Dorian -, Oscar Wilde character |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 May 2025 |
| Color between black and white |
Family Time |
19 May 2025 |
| Phil ___, 1992-2001 Northern Ireland and 1993-1996 Sunderland forward (4) |
|
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| Color between black and white |
Commuter |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Dolphin's color |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Moral __ area |
Commuter |
04 Apr 2025 |
| ___ matter (intelligence, informally) |
|
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| Dorian ___, character from Oscar Wilde's eponymous poem whose portrait ages instead of him |
|
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| Surname of Linda who has portrayed Sue Ellen in Dallas between 1978 and 2014 (4) |
|
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| Like many winter days |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Slaty |
|
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| That elegiac poet (4) |
|
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| Gloomy day color |
|
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| "___ Lady Down"; film for Charlton Heston |
|
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| Who wrote Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard? (4) |
|
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| Linda _, played Dallas veteran Sue Ellen (4) |
|
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| Like overcast skies |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2025 |
| Thomas _, poet famous for Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (4) |
|
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| Murky |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Thomas --, author of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (4) |
|
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| The Picture of Dorian ___, Wilde novel (4) |
|
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| Thomas, 18th-century poet whose works include Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat (4) |
|
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| Elephant's skin colour |
|
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| Color between black and white |
|
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| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Nov 2024 |
| ___ area (unclear situation) |
|
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| Sue ____, former Whitehall chief of staff |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Linda ___, Sue Ellen in Dallas (4) |
|
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| Sue ___, civil servant who led the partygate inquiry |
|
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| Sue ---, civil servant who led the partygate inquiry |
The Times Specialist |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Oct 2024 |
| With black and white mixed it is not clear cut (4) |
|
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| Mixture of black and white |
Family Time |
09 Sep 2024 |
| *Idiom with the color changed! Once in a ___ moon, when something is a very common occurrence and not a rare sight |
|
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| David, singer-songwriter noted for his 1998 studio album White Ladder (4) |
|
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| Muriel -, broadcaster and author of novels The Ancient and Furnace |
Mirror Quiz |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Actress Erin ____ |
|
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| Black plus white makes this |
|
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| Like Southern California skies during June Gloom |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Cloudy |
Commuter |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Michael .... , former Sunderland and Blackburn player who retired in 2010 (4) |
|
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| Neutral shade |
Universal |
03 Jul 2024 |
| Thomas, English poet who authored Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard (4) |
|
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| Elegy writer in odd parts of Germany |
|
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| Thomas the poet located, oddly, in Germany (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Jun 2024 |
| With 1-Across, wild canine |
|
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| Dorian ___, Oscar Wilde character (4) |
|
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| Squirrel shade |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Charles, actor who narrated 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (4) |
|
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| Elephant color |
Universal |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Color of some whales and rhinos |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2024 |
| ___ matter (intelligence, informally) |
|
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| Black + white |
|
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| "The Man in the ___ Flannel Suit"; Gregory Peck film |
|
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| Color of the moon |
|
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| Poet with his own Inn in London? |
|
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| Like a cloudy day, perhaps |
|
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| Colour of triggerfish found around UK shores (4) |
|
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| Dolphin's color |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Cloudy sky's color |
Universal |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Gloomy day color |
|
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| The _ Man, 2022 spy thriller film starring 11 Across, 19 Across, 3 Down and 25 Down (4) |
|
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| Linda of Dallas |
|
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| Color seen at the roots, often |
|
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| Elephant's color |
Commuter |
08 Dec 2023 |
| Timber wolf's color |
Commuter |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Slate-colored |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Dec 2023 |
| World-renowned 1960s Wellington All Black prop (4) |
|
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| Overcast sky color |
Commuter |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Overcast sky's color |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Shade between black and white |
|
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| Hair color for an aged person, maybe |
|
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| Battleship shade |
Newsday |
21 May 2023 |
| Slate-colored |
Premier Sunday |
21 May 2023 |
| Shade between black and white |
|
|
| ___ matter (central nervous system part) |
|
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| Ashen, say |
Newsday |
04 Feb 2023 |
| Henry __, surgeon known for his eponymous 3 |
The Guardian Weekend |
28 Jan 2023 |
| Like an overcast sky |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Overcast |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Popular color for sweatpants |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2022 |
| ___ area (uncertain situation) |
|
|
| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Nov 2022 |
| Suggesting snow, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Gloomy sky color |
|
|
| Shade between black and white |
|
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| Like overcast skies |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Looking like rain, say |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2022 |
| Dreary |
Universal |
02 Jul 2022 |
| ____ Lake, Northwest Territories |
Canadiana |
20 Jun 2022 |
| See 22 Down |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Jun 2022 |
| Slate-colored |
The Washington Post |
15 May 2022 |
| Slate-colored |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2022 |
| Like gloomy skies |
The Washington Post |
10 May 2022 |
| Like gloomy skies |
LA Times Daily |
10 May 2022 |
| Dull color |
Universal |
09 May 2022 |
| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Apr 2022 |
| See 4 Down |
The Guardian Weekend |
09 Apr 2022 |
| Actor Matthew ___ Gubler |
USA Today |
01 Apr 2022 |
| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Mar 2022 |
| Color of an overcast sky |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Rhyme for "away" in "You Are My Sunshine" |
Universal |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Overcast |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Slate-colored |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Feb 2022 |
| Cloudy-looking |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2022 |
| Shade between black and white |
|
|
| See 21 Across |
The Guardian Weekend |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Parliamentarian Herb, for one |
Canadiana |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Color of cloudy skies |
|
|
| Ethically uncertain |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Ethically uncertain |
The Washington Post |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Hair color associated with wisdom |
Universal |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Battleship color |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 May 2021 |
| Silver-haired |
Premier Sunday |
16 May 2021 |
| English poet Thomas seen in good light? |
|
|
| Gloomy, weather-wise |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Author of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Uncertain area? |
|
|
| Anatomy book author Henry |
The Washington Post |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Anatomy book author Henry |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Gloomy, weatherwise |
New York Times |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Slate-colored |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Like a cloudy day |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Like a cloudy day |
The Washington Post |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Singer Macy |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2020 |
| Political warhorse Herb |
Canadiana |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Color of overcast skies |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2020 |
| ___ area (uncertainty) |
Universal |
14 Oct 2020 |
| ___ matter (intelligence, informally) |
|
|
| Like gloomy skies |
The Washington Post |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Like gloomy skies |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Color of a seal's skin, perhaps |
Universal |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Color of ash |
|
|
| With 32-Down, ambiguity ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2020 |
| Like an overcast sky |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Dyed hair color, often |
|
|
| Neutral color |
Premier Sunday |
17 May 2020 |
| "The Picture of Dorian ___," 1980 gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde |
|
|
| Like gloomy skies |
USA Today |
04 May 2020 |
| Ethically uncertain |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Ethically uncertain |
The Washington Post |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Looking like rain |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Looking like rain |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2020 |
| "The ___ Man" (Chris Evans starrer) |
|
|
| "Area" between black and white |
|
|
| Cloudy sky color |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2019 |
| Cloudy |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Cloudy |
The Washington Post |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Overcast sky's color |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Like a cloudy sky |
|
|
| Koala color |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2019 |
| Overcast |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2019 |
| Pre-dyed hair color, often |
|
|
| Area between black and white? |
|
|
| Between white and black |
Family Time |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Destroyer hue |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2019 |
| Dreary color |
Universal |
22 Jan 2019 |
| Like gloomy skies |
|
|
| Cloudy |
|
|
| Dreary color |
|
|
| Koala color |
|
|
| Simon --, author of the play 'Butley' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Uncommon eye color |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2018 |
| A Civil War shade |
Universal |
18 Dec 2018 |
| Neutral hue |
New York Times |
14 Dec 2018 |
| Color between white and black |
Family Time |
26 Nov 2018 |
| Regular letters from Germany for English poet |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Color of an overcast sky |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Neutral hue |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2018 |
| "___ area" (unclear situation) |
|
|
| King George alas is dull in America |
|
|
| 63-Down uniform color |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Ominous, weatherwise |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2018 |
| A Civil War shade |
|
|
| 63-Down uniform color |
|
|
| Color of an overcast sky |
|
|
| Ominous, weatherwise |
|
|
| Neutral hue |
|
|
| Neutral hue |
|
|
| Color between black and white |
|
|
| Confederate color |
Universal |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Suggesting snow, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Pre-dyed hair color, often |
|
|
| Slaty color |
Premier Sunday |
22 Oct 2017 |
| Dull color |
Universal |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Somewhere between black and white |
|
|
| Overcast |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Ash, e.g |
New York Times |
31 May 2017 |
| Just For Men covers it |
USA Today |
04 May 2017 |
| Civil War uniform color |
Universal |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Dreary |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2017 |
| Herb _____ (Deputy PM from 1997 to 2000) |
Canadiana |
17 Apr 2017 |
| Squirrel color |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Overcast |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Confederate wear |
The Washington Post |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Dreary |
|
|
| Ash, e.g. |
|
|
| Just For Men covers it |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| Dull color |
|
|
| Confederate color |
|
|
| Civil War uniform color |
|
|
| King entertained by poet and elegist |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Dec 2016 |
| *English surgeon Henry |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Like Confederate uniforms |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Aug 2016 |
| Color between black and white |
Family Time |
25 Jul 2016 |
| Neutral shade |
Universal |
13 Jul 2016 |
| Elegiac poet |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Jun 2016 |
| Oscar Wilde's Dorian |
USA Today |
06 May 2016 |
| It's between black and white |
Universal |
03 Feb 2016 |
| Color of many squirrels |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2016 |
| Neutral shade |
|
|
| It's between black and white |
|
|
| Oscar Wilde's Dorian |
|
|
| *English surgeon Henry |
|
|
| Neutral color |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Between white and black |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2015 |
| Color for a wolf or whale |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2015 |
| Like overcast weather |
The Washington Post |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Neither white nor black |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2015 |
| #696969, in hexadecimal color code |
Jonesin |
27 Oct 2015 |
| Type of matter |
Universal |
22 Oct 2015 |
| Overcast |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Confederate color |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Sep 2015 |
| Aptly named Civil War general Henry |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2015 |
| Light black |
Universal |
19 May 2015 |
| English poet appearing intermittently in Germany |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 May 2015 |
| Not black or white |
Universal |
28 Apr 2015 |
| Showing signs of aging |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2015 |
| Just for Men target |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2015 |
| Just for Men target |
|
|
| Color of overcast skies |
|
|
| Between white and black |
|
|
| Color for a wolf or whale |
|
|
| Like overcast weather |
|
|
| Neither white nor black |
|
|
| Neutral color |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| Light black |
|
|
| Like gloomy skies |
|
|
| Not black or white |
|
|
| Type of matter |
|
|
| Aptly named Civil War general Henry |
|
|
| Like an overcast sky |
|
|
| Dull-sounding poet |
|
|
| Gloomy, weatherwise |
|
|
| Like the old mare that "ain't what she used to be" |
|
|
| Ashen |
|
|
| ___ Matter ("Breaking Bad" corporation) |
|
|
| Type of matter |
|
|
| Battleship shade |
|
|
| Grecian Formula target |
|
|
| Confederate soldier's color |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Koala color |
|
|
| Hair color before a dye job, perhaps |
|
|
| He of the aging portrait |
|
|
| Black and white |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| Battleship shade |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| "White Ladder" David |
|
|
| Color with fifty shades? |
|
|
| Noted anatomist |
|
|
| Memorable anatomist |
|
|
| Koala's color |
|
|
| "Battleship" color |
|
|
| "Battleship" shade |
|
|
| Confederate wear |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| Pre-dyed hair color, often |
|
|
| Slate-colored |
|
|
| Black and white together |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| Looking like rain |
|
|
| Dingy color |
|
|
| Cloudy |
|
|
| Civil War side |
|
|
| Some people are dying to hide it |
|
|
| __ matter |
|
|
| Civil War color |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| Blue opponent |
|
|
| Not clear-cut |
|
|
| Not clear-cut |
|
|
| Pre-dye shade, perhaps |
|
|
| Confederacy color |
|
|
| Confederate color |
|
|
| Confederate color |
|
|
| Like catbirds and koalas |
|
|
| Neutral color |
|
|
| __ matter |
|
|
| Pre-dye shade, perhaps |
|
|
| Anatomist Henry |
|
|
| Color for a wolf or whale |
|
|
| South side? |
|
|
| Civil War color |
|
|
| Hair color |
|
|
| Like a foreboding sky |
|
|
| Civil War color |
|
|
| It's often touched up |
|
|
| Neither black nor white |
|
|
| "The Picture of Dorian ___" |
|
|
| Civil War side (with "the") |
|
|
| Age, perhaps |
|
|
| With 8-Down, source of an ethical dilemma |
|
|
| Silver-haired |
|
|
| Age, perhaps |
|
|
| Confederate army |
|
|
| South side? |
|
|
| Battleship shade |
|
|
| Showing signs of age, perhaps |
|
|
| Henry who wrote a noted anatomy text |
|
|
| Henry who wrote a noted anatomy text |
|
|
| Confederate uniform color |
|
|
| Civil War soldier |
|
|
| Showing signs of age, perhaps |
|
|
| It's often touched up |
|
|
| Drabble character Jane |
|
|
| Davis of note |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| Color associated with aging |
|
|
| English elegist |
|
|
| Johnny Reb's color |
|
|
| "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise" poet |
|
|
| Like the old mare |
|
|
| "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise" poet |
|
|
| Sort of squirrel |
|
|
| Oscar Wilde's Dorian |
|
|
| Overcast |
|
|
| "The Picture of Dorian ___" |
|
|
| "Little Orphan Annie" cartoonist Harold |
|
|
| Like rainy skies |
|
|
| Lee's uniform color |
|
|
| _____ matter (brains) |
|
|
| Pre-dye hair shade, often |
|
|
| Confederate uniform color |
|
|
| Ambiguous, idiomatically |
|
|
| Ambiguous, idiomatically |
|
|
| Like many a winter sky |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| Dreary |
|
|
| Ill-defined area |
|
|
| Black and white mix |
|
|
| Horse color |
|
|
| Dreary |
|
|
| Color for 4 Down |
|
|
| Looking like rain |
|
|
| 18th century elegist Thomas |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| With 12-Down, legal ambiguity, e.g. |
|
|
| Boat contents |
|
|
| Ashen |
|
|
| Blue's opponent |
|
|
| With 12-Down, legal ambiguity, e.g. |
|
|
| Morally unclear |
|
|
| Like a rainy day |
|
|
| Blue foe |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Battleship shade |
|
|
| Blue opponent |
|
|
| Blue opponent |
|
|
| Black and white? |
|
|
| Like many a winter sky |
|
|
| Lee side? |
|
|
| Civil War side, with "the" |
|
|
| Age |
|
|
| Wilde's evil, personified |
|
|
| Threatening, as the sky |
|
|
| DENTIST DR. IDA |
|
|
| Rebel wear |
|
|
| Battleship color |
|
|
| United Negro College Fund President Bill |
|
|
| Confederate color |
|
|
| Ashen |
|
|
| Linda of Dallas |
|
|
| Certain horse |
|
|
| Neutral color |
|
|
| Neutral hue |
|
|
| Dreary |
|
|
| Moral dilemma color |
|
|
| Confederate soldier |
|
|
| See 107-Across |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Equine hue |
|
|
| Dull color |
|
|
| Erin or Linda |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Taupe |
|
|
| Thomas the poet |
|
|
| Hoary |
|
|
| Dismal |
|
|
| Famed elegist |
|
|
| Color of Lee's uniform |
|
|
| "Duncan ___," Burns poem |
|
|
| An achromatic color |
|
|
| Dismal |
|
|
| Ashen |
|
|
| Soul-seller Dorian |
|
|
| Neutral shade |
|
|
| Grizzled |
|
|
| She's Sue Ellen |
|
|
| Neutral color |
|
|
| CSA color |
|
|
| Achromatic color |
|
|
| Country-churchyard visitor |
|
|
| Confederate hue |
|
|
| "Elegy" poet |
|
|
| Author of a famous elegy |
|
|
| Dorian of fiction |
|
|
| Uniform color of 1861 |
|
|
| Renowned elegis |
|
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| Aged |
|
|
| Like dismal skies |
|
|
| Battleship ___ |
|
|
| Lee's color |
|
|
| American botanist |
|
|
| Like Barbara Frietchie's hair |
|
|
| Word with beard or matter |
|
|
| Beard color |
|
|
| " . . . cold ___ stones, O Sea" |
|
|
| Elegy man |
|
|
| Neutral |
|
|
| ___ notes (wine characteristic) |
|
|
| ___ Ladies. |
|
|
| Sweats shade |
|
|
| Discoverer of Columbia River (1755–1806). |
|
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| Discoverer of Columbia River, 1792. |
|
|
| Father of the telegraph. |
|
|
| Color which has no hue. |
|
|
| He said, "Ignorance is bliss.” |
|
|
| Neutral. |
|
|
| "Elegy" man. |
|
|
| New Secretary of Army. |
|
|
| Secretary of the Army. |
|
|
| He reported on foreign economic policies last November. |
|
|
| He wrote a famous elegy. |
|
|
| Soft color |
|
|
| Head of Veterans Administration. |
|
|
| Hilarious Dolores in "Two on the Aisle." |
|
|
| Head of the Veterans Administration. |
|
|
| Hoary. |
|
|
| Dull color. |
|
|
| Author of famous elegy, 1750. |
|
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| Famous botanist (1810–88). |
|
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| Achromatic color. |
|
|
| Color. |
|
|
| Uniform color of 1861. |
|
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| Dusty miller shade. |
|
|
| Lead-colored. |
|
|
| Horse of a certain color. |
|
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| Native Dancer's color. |
|
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| Dismal. |
|
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| Flannel color. |
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| Like overcast skies |
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| British poet. |
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| Uniform color. |
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| English poet |
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| English poet. |
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| See 34 Down. |
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| Squirrel color. |
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