The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SOMBRE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SOMBRE
- Gloomy brother in certain unspecified surroundings
- Bury unevenly in a little grave
- With new leader, man becomes sad
- Dim doctor lancing boil perhaps
- Rose rambling over doctor’s grave
- Most of broad hat is dark
- Grey hat tipped or removed
- melancholy
- Serious doctor absorbed by wound?
- Gloomy American’s angry about graduate physician
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The straight part
We know that "Gloomy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gloomy = sombre.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SOMBRE mean?
SOMBRE noun- Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.
- To make sombre or dark; to make shady.
- Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
- Dull or dark in colour or brightness.
- Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
- Grave; extremely serious.