Answer:

inkier

Answer	Crossword Clue
INKIER	Comparatively black
INKIER	Harder to see through, say
INKIER	Blacker

INKIER	Darker
INKIER	More shadowy
INKIER	Comparatively dark
INKIER	More dark
INKIER	Blacker.
INKIER	More Stygian.
INKIER	More like printers' fingers
INKIER	More black

INKIER	More pitch-black
INKIER	More murky or shadowy
INKIER	Harder to see in
INKIER	More like ocean depths
INKIER	Like deeper ocean depths

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.