Answer: adust

AnswerCrossword Clue
ADUST

Burned

ADUST

Parched

ADUST

Scorched.

ADUST
Sunburnt.
ADUST
Parched.
ADUST"Raise ... about nothing."
ADUSTKick up ....
ADUSTDried up.
ADUSTDried up, to poets
ADUSTScorched
ADUST"What ... do I raise!": Bacon
ADUST" . . . what ... do I raise": Bacon
ADUSTParched or scorched
ADUSTDried or darkened, as by heat