| Solution | Length | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 letters | ||
| sag | 3 | |
| dip | 3 | |
| 4 letters | ||
| dark | 4 | |
| swag | 4 | |
| 5 letters | ||
| murky | 5 | |
| lurid | 5 | |
| slump | 5 | |
| davit | 5 | |
| slash | 5 | |
| surly | 5 | |
| 6 letters | ||
| sombre | 6 | |
| bowing | 6 | |
| hollow | 6 | |
| valley | 6 | |
| gloomy | 6 | |
| somber | 6 | |
| cloudy | 6 | |
| sullen | 6 | |
| stormy | 6 | |
| 7 letters | ||
| unlucky | 7 | |
| cooling | 7 | |
| waiting | 7 | |
| halyard | 7 | |
| sinking | 7 | |
| probing | 7 | |
| sagging | 7 | |
| ominous | 7 | |
| stygian | 7 | |
| to come | 7 | |
| 8 letters | ||
| untoward | 8 | |
| sinister | 8 | |
| overcast | 8 | |
| debasing | 8 | |
| UPCOMING | 8 | |
| 9 letters | ||
| PRICE CUT | 9 | |
| WEAKENING | 9 | |
| dejection | 9 | |
| reduction | 9 | |
| 10 letters | ||
| RELAXATION | 10 | |
| debasement | 10 | |
| SUBSIDENCE | 10 | |
| PROJECTING | 10 | |
| SIMPLICITY | 10 | |
| 11 letters | ||
| UNFAVORABLE | 11 | |
| submergence | 11 | |
| terroristic | 11 | |
| threatening | 11 | |
| subtraction | 11 | |
| UNFORTUNATE | 11 | |
| DEGRADATION | 11 | |
| UNPROMISING | 11 | |
| terrorizing | 11 | |
| 12 letters | ||
| COLOURSCHEME | 12 | |
| unpropitious | 12 | |
| prostitution | 12 | |
| 13 letters | ||
| anaphrodisiac | 13 | |
| 14 letters | ||
| superincumbent | 14 | |
| DISCOURAGEMENT | 14 | |