| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| STARK | Bleak and desolate |
| BARREN | Bleak and desolate |
| BARREN | Dry and desolate |
| BLEAK | Desolate and dreary |
| BLEAK | Desolate and windswept. |
| ARCTIC | Cold and bleak |
| AUSTERE | Bleak and forbidding |
| DISMAL | Bleak and cheerless |
| NOIR | Cynical and bleak |
| FISH | Crappie and bleak |
| ADAS | "Bleak House" girl and others |
