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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 38% | 7 | Dreadful or dreadful trials | |
3 | 33% | 10 | Most dreadful or macabre | |
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We think the answer is "DIREST" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- • Causing fear or dread or terror adjective
- • Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- • Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- • Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- • Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The direst situation imaginable is being stranded in the middle of the ocean with no life raft."
- • "The direst consequence of global warming is the potential extinction of numerous species."
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Clue Last Found In...
Source | #Number | Answer |
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New York Times29 Jan 1998 | Down 47 | |
New York Times08 Jun 1986 | Across 24 | |
New York Times14 May 1977 | Across 22 | |
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