The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PEAKED
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What does PEAKED mean?
PEAKED adjective- Having a peak or peaks.
- Sickly-looking, peaky.
- To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- To become sick or wan.
- To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
- To pry; to peep slyly.