Serious Crossword Clue

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Serious Crossword Answer

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EARNEST

(7 letters)

SOLEMN

(6 letters)

STAID

(5 letters)

SOMBER

(6 letters)

GRAVE

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
2. become more realistic
(adjective)
1. lacking brightness or color; dull
2. completely lacking in playfulness

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SERIOUS (adjective)
1. appealing to the mind
2. completely lacking in playfulness

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

EARNEST
(7 letters)
SOLEMN
(6 letters)
STAID
(5 letters)
SOMBER
(6 letters)
GRAVE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
BORES

More USA Today Crossword (7/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. Be able to pay for

7. Steal money from

10. Chilean ___ bass (rebranded Patagonian toothfish)

13. Pre-painting application

14. Participated in an uprising

16. "You got that right!"

17. "UGH, seriously?!" reactions

18. Rave music genre

19. Pet adoption org.

21. Nutrition stat hidden in "DoorDash"

22. Former Russian ruler

24. Wee boy

25. Part of Congress

29. Not in a million years!

32. Milk ___ (candy morsel)

33. Bring forth

35. "The Simpsons" character who says, "Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt"

36. End of a chess game

37. Striped Girl Scout cookie

38. Tool with teeth

39. Evil spirit

40. Stretch across

41. Basketball star Jeremy

42. Renewable energy option

43. Visual communication system: Abbr.

44. Weed in a certain wine

46. "I'm on it, boss!"

48. Two-___ street

49. Confidentiality docs

52. "That's shocking," in a text

53. Sicilian volcano

55. Not feeling well

56. Panicked rush of animals

60. Real __ agent

62. Advances in a video game

63. Didn't leave

64. Poem of tribute

65. GPS guess

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Down

1. Positive quality

2. Prolonged disputes

3. Cows, chickens and horses

4. World Cup chant

5. Ruby and scarlet, for two

6. Bit of rain

7. 'The Last Jedi' hero

8. Supervise

9. Jigsaw puzzle part that's often easiest to complete

10. Gateway Arch city, for short

11. Fish in unagi kabayaki

12. Podcast interruptions

14. Phrase said while revealing a winning hand

15. Bank offering

20. Hot Wheels toy

23. Intel-gathering mission

26. Senegalese fashion designer who created Black Fashion Week

27. Private teacher

28. Garden in Genesis

30. Through

31. Oath

33. Student's writing assignment

34. Error in judgment

36. Cantaloupe, e.g.

38. Moral transgression

39. 'To what ___ owe the pleasure?'

41. Superlatively big

42. Sneaky quality

44. Golf ball feature

45. Enjoy some bibimbap

47. A few, but not all

50. Change

51. Winter vehicle

54. On the subject of

56. ___-mo

57. AFC Richmond coach Lasso

58. Wide st.

59. "Houdini" singer ___ Lipa

61. Key for indenting

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