| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DAMNED | Headed for ruin |
| BEARTRAP | Ruin for Bruin. |
| DOOMED | Fated for ruin |
| BANE | Reason for ruin |
| ATION | Ending for ruin or color |
| up | at or approaching the end of; with defeat or ruin imminent for |
| bane | source of harm or ruin curse national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind D. C. Thomson |
