Gloomy --

The answer

GUS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GUS answer page.

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• DOUR (128 uses in xd)
• MOROSE (49 uses in xd)
• SAD (27 uses in xd)
• DISMAL (22 uses in xd)
• SOMBER (21 uses in xd)

Other clues for GUS

Every other clue in this collection answered by GUS, most used first.

• Astronaut Grissom - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Gloomy guy - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Director Van Sant - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Gloomy fellow - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• NASA's Grissom - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Man's nickname. - used 13 times, most recently in 1972
• "Good Will Hunting" director Van Sant - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Milk" director Van Sant - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Gloomy one - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• The Theatre Cat in "Cats" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Ain't We Got Fun" lyricist Kahn - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Grissom of NASA - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Lyricist Kahn - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Gloomy - SAD, used 27 times
• Feeling gloomy - SAD, used 10 times

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