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 Times, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the King Feature Syndicate, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The Guardian and the LA Times.

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

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(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 Times, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the King Feature Syndicate, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The Guardian and the LA Times.

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

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

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

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

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for solemn that I've seen before include "Formal, ceremonius" , "Formal, dignified" , "'Sedate, grave (6)'" , "gloomy" , "'Earnest, grave (6)'" .)

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

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

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(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 Telegraph, The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The New York Times, the USA Today and the Evening Standard.

'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 Mirror, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal.

Serious (5)