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| Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
| 1 | 99% | 9 | Exact Match! | |
| 2 | 37% | 6 | Wasting time in a gloomy or sluggish manner | |
| 3 | 35% | 4 | Stubborn person making a mess, wasting day after day | |
Gloomy Day Wasting Time Thats Left Crossword Clue
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SATURNINE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
SATURNINE
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "SATURNINE" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Bitter or scornful
- • Showing a brooding ill humor adjective
- • Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.
- • Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
- • Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet saturn by alchemists).
- • Of a disease: caused by lead poisoning (saturnism); of a person: affected by lead poisoning.
- • Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
An example sentence would be:
- • "His saturnine demeanor made everyone around him uneasy."
- • "The dark clouds and gloomy weather gave the town a saturnine atmosphere."
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| The Guardian Cryptic04 Jan 2012 | Across 9 | |
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7 | Wasting time in a gloomy or sluggish manner |
