Answer: DIRE
DIRE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 123 times.
Referring Clues:
- Calamitous
- Like 20-Across, often
- Like some consequences
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Awful
- Not looking good
- Kind of straits
- In ___ straits
- Acute
- More than serious
- Dreadful
- Potentially disastrous
- Desperate
- In __ straits
- Apocalyptic
- Dreadful, as circumstances
- Life-or-death
- Kind of need
- Horrific
- Grave
- Foreboding trouble
- Urgent
- Very serious
- Desperately urgent
- Extremely urgent
- ___ Straits
- Foreboding disaster
- Ominous
- Extremely worrisome
- Fraught with danger
- Extremely serious
- Terrible
- Looking grim
- Not just serious
- Presaging disaster
- Desperate, as straits
- Dreadful, as consequences
- __ straits (difficult position)
- Drastic
- Disastrous
- Critical
- Needing immediate attention
- Like some circumstances
- Fraught with danger, as circumstances
- Desperate, as a warning
- Fraught with extreme danger
- Alarming
- Harrowing
- Really dreadful
- Kind of emergency
- Hardly looking good
- Desperate, as a situation
- Of the utmost concern
- Not looking good, to say the least
- Fearsome
- Very urgent
- Fraught with peril
- ___ Straits ("Brothers in Arms" band)
- Appalling
- Extreme
- ___ straits (difficult position)
- Catastrophic
- Grievous
- Tragic
- Dreaded
- Fearful
- Shocking
- In ___ straits (desperate)
- Emergency-related
- Rock's ___ Straits
- Really bad
- Desperate, as circumstances
- In ___ straits (needing help)
- Pressing
- Grim, grave, or grievous
- Portending disaster
- Fraught with danger, as some circumstances
- Like some straits?
- Urgently desperate
- Ill-omened
- Like some bears' market predictions
- Descriptive of some undesirable consequences
- Castastrophic
- Potentially dangerous
- Seemingly hopeless
- Desperate or calamitous
- Foreboding, as a forecast
- Like some warnings
- Of serious risk
- Nearly hopeless
- Perilous
- Like desperate circumstances
- Causing great fear
- Terribly urgent
- Threatening
- Requiring immediate attention
- Type of warning
- Potentially ruinous
- Fearful, as "straits"
- Superserious
- Ruinous
- Very serious, as straits
- Very worrisome
- Urgent, as circumstances
- Like desperate straits
- Overriding
- Word before "straits" or "consequences"
- Highly worrisome
- Beyond serious
- Needing urgent attention
- Grim
- Desperate, as need
- Boding disaster
- Like grave circumstances
- Warning of disaster
- Not looking good at all
- Very serious indeed
- Really urgent
- In ___ need (desperate)
- Potentially catastrophic
- Bleak
- Highly urgent
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - March 15, 2023
- USA Today - January 17, 2023
- LA Times - December 29, 2022
- New York Times - December 12, 2022
- New York Times - December 06, 2022
- USA Today - October 03, 2022
- LA Times - May 15, 2022
- New York Times - May 01, 2022
- USA Today - April 28, 2022
- New York Times - April 15, 2022
- USA Today - April 05, 2022
- USA Today - March 16, 2022
- USA Today - February 15, 2022
- New York Times - February 02, 2022
- USA Today - October 29, 2021
- LA Times - September 29, 2021
- New York Times - September 26, 2021
- LA Times - July 26, 2021
- LA Times - June 20, 2021
- New York Times - June 15, 2021
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