Bare, exposed (5)
I believe the answer is:
bleak
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">bare</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that bare can be written as bleak)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">exposed</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bleak that I've seen before include "Bare, inhospitable" , "Dreary; cold, miserable" , "Novel house" , "raw > fish" , "''... House'' (Dickens)" .)