Related Clues:

• One retiring pale (4)
• As foul-sounding as it's pale
• So pale Ted gets if needed
• Not beyond the pale in such a foul-sounding fashion
• A retiring way as hen might make it
• Pale enough to look foul-like, perhaps
• White, but the South might make it black
• Like a fireplace grate
• Pale in a retiring kind of way
• Like a used barbecue pit
• Covered with cinders
• Like fireplace grates
• Weary-looking
• Pale as a sheet
• Unhealthily light