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Bare, exposed (5)

Ross

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)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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