Depressed on being in cold underground chamber

The answer to “Depressed on being in cold underground chamber” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is CONCAVE — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 12, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 14-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Depressed on being in cold underground chamber” answer

CONCAVE (7 letters)

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What does CONCAVE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CONCAVE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Depressed on being in cold underground chamber” appeared?

The Times Quick Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 12, 2026 (most recent) → CONCAVE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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