The clue "gloom" last appeared in the The Sun crossword on January 24, 2026. The correct answer for this puzzle is "DESPAIR", a 7-letter word.
Solution DESPAIR is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution DESPAIR is 7 letters long. We have 23 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 181 solutions. The longest is ENCOMPASS WITH SHADOW with 19 letters, and the shortest is DIM with 3 letters.
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Solutions are between 3 and 19 letters long.
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| Melancholy state (5) | |
| Heaviness of mind (5) | |
| Atmosphere of many a Poe story (5) | |
| Doom's partner (5) | |
| Atmosphere of despondency (5) | |