Serious - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'serious' is the definition.
(sober can mean sensible or serious)

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(Other definitions for sober that I've seen before include "Serious; muted in colour" , "Sensible - clear-headed" , "Serious - sombre" , "Abstemious - grave" , "Serious, dull" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for staid that I've seen before include "Stuffy, traditional" , "Sedate, unadventurous" , "Sedate, sober" , "Stiff; serious minded" , "Sedate; dull" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(acute can mean serious in a medical sense)

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(Other definitions for acute that I've seen before include "Sharp - sort of French accent" , "not seen in cafe here!" , "Very perceptive, having sharp mind" , "Grave" , "(Of an angle) less than 90 degrees" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for stern that I've seen before include "Severe part of the ship?" , "having a forbidding appearance" , "Grim, strict" , "Demanding < back" , "Severe and unremitting: area of a ship" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for major that I've seen before include "See 2" , "Important, significant" , "5,27 [PRIME MINISTER]" , "Army rank" , "Main course" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(both can mean solemn)

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(Other definitions for grave that I've seen before include "Solemn in a cemetery?" , "Solemn, serious" , "Dignified" , "Sombre in the sepulchre" , "In which to lay a corpse" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for heavy that I've seen before include "Difficult to lift" , "Hard to lift" , "Not light" , "Stodgy; difficult" , "Oppressive" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Guardian and the King Feature Syndicate.

'serious' is the definition.
(I know that serious can be written as severe)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for severe that I've seen before include "Terrible" , "Strict, hard" , "Draconian" , "Austere, grim" , "Harsh - extreme" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, The New York Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, The Daily Mail and the Penny Press.

'serious' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for earnest that I've seen before include "money involved in contract" , "Grave" , "Serious - advance" , "Oscar Wilde wrote ''The importance of Being . . . . . . . '' (7)" , "Something of value to bind a contract" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Mirror, The Wall Street Journal, The Star Tribune and The Guardian.

Serious (5)