| Somber |
Universal |
14 May 2026 |
| Serious, but dignified |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2026 |
| Like a memorial service, often |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2026 |
| Single men on vacation in August (6) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
29 Mar 2026 |
| Dignified and serious |
Commuter |
26 Mar 2026 |
| Very serious |
Commuter |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Serious and dignified |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2026 |
| One man emptied grave |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Jan 2026 |
| Extremely serious |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2025 |
| Only heartless men can be serious (6) |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2025 |
| Like a serious vow |
The Atlantic |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Grave |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Like some oaths or vows |
Universal |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Grave |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Serious (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Sep 2025 |
| Very serious |
Commuter |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Juggling lemons is serious |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Serious |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Gravely serious |
Commuter |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Grave and dignified, ... occasion |
|
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| Moles go North in grave style |
|
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| Single guy is disheartened and serious (6) |
|
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| Like funereal atmosphere |
|
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| Grave; lemons (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Lemons or melons going bad? Either way, it's serious (6) |
|
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| Single chap leaving Austria is dignified (6) |
|
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| Sober, grave (6) |
|
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| Only a heartless madman can be seriously glum (6) |
|
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| Grave; lemons (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Assorted medallions laid out on grave (6) |
|
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| One man deprived of a grave (6) |
|
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| Serious, glum (6) |
|
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| Stately |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Thoughtful, sombre, grave (6) |
|
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| Grave note on which the men arranged to end (6) |
|
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| Like some oaths |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Single dude loses heart in August (6) |
|
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| Unaccompanied chap leaving area is far from light-hearted (6) |
|
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| Somber |
Commuter |
30 Nov 2024 |
| Serious; formal and dignified |
|
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| The only man to lose heart is glum (6) |
|
|
| Serious, grave |
The Times Concise |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Somber, serious |
|
|
| Serious, uncheerful (6) |
|
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| Single man deprived of a grave (6) |
|
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| Only half? Damn. That's serious (6) |
|
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| Single chap leaving area is dignified (6) |
|
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| Grave |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Grave |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Serious |
Universal |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Formal and dignified, the one and only closes museum coffin |
|
|
| The only soldier without a grave |
The Times Cryptic |
29 May 2024 |
| Weighty lemons, perhaps (6) |
|
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| Grave, serious (6) |
|
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| August variety of lemons (6) |
|
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| Dignified and sombre (6) |
|
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| Very serious: a - occasion |
|
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| Lemons thrown in grave |
|
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| It's serious when the only man loses heart (6) |
|
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| Without any company, the man is disheartened and sombre-faced (6) |
|
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| Very serious (6) |
Puzzler |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Extremely serious |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Alone, maiden is disheartened and gloomy (6) |
|
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| Sole man without a grave (6) |
|
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| Earnest |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Grave upset Dawn (6) |
|
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| Sober, lonesome, hollow men (6) |
|
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| Only Macron to appear gutted and glum |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Sep 2023 |
| Grave in manner |
The Times Concise |
29 Jun 2023 |
| Extremely earnest |
Family Time |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Very serious and formal |
|
|
| Like some vows |
Universal |
23 Dec 2022 |
| Like some oaths |
Universal |
05 Nov 2022 |
| Single man disheartened and glum |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Sincere, like a vow |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Like some vows |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Sombre |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Dignified, sombre |
|
|
| Very serious |
USA Today |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Sincere, as an oath |
|
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| Sincere, as an oath |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Carried out in earnest and seriousness |
|
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| Gravely serious |
Universal |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Single month — November or August? |
|
|
| Serious |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Serious, formal |
|
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| Not at all light |
|
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| Not at all light |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Noel's doctor rings Mike - it's grave |
|
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| Only second half of hymn is formal and dignified |
|
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| Like some oaths |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Aug 2021 |
| Like some vows |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Heavy |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2021 |
| Heavy |
|
|
| Dignified, sombre |
|
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| Only chap losing heart is unsmiling |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Lemons chopped in August |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Dignified |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Serious |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Sombre |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Sep 2020 |
| . Man disembowelled by fish is in grave state |
|
|
| Word from the Latin for ''holy'' |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Deeply sincere |
The Times Concise |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Grave |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Serious, formal |
|
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| Unsmilingly serious |
Family Time |
04 May 2020 |
| Grave |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Noel's doctor rings Mike - it's grave |
|
|
| Formal, dignified |
The Times Concise |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Serious, grave |
|
|
| Serious, as a church service |
Newsday |
16 Sep 2019 |
| Grave |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Stewed lemons? That's serious! |
|
|
| Like an oath or a vow |
|
|
| Very serious |
Universal |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Grave |
|
|
| Very serious |
|
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| Like an anthem |
|
|
| Dignified and somber |
Universal |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Exclusive rights to custom location for grave |
|
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| Earnest |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2018 |
| Quite serious |
Universal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Serious |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Serious; formal |
The Times Concise |
05 Sep 2018 |
| Only fellow not given a grave |
|
|
| Single month, November or August? |
|
|
| Glum single bloke is disheartened |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Jul 2018 |
| Thus useless person without love becomes pompous |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Remote battery, often |
|
|
| Somber |
Premier Sunday |
11 Feb 2018 |
| Serious |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Different variety of melons, rather weighty |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Only man to lose heart sober |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Formal, ceremonial |
|
|
| Only chap to avoid a grave |
|
|
| Dignified and somber |
|
|
| Quite serious |
|
|
| Not marked by levity |
|
|
| Like some Christmas Masses |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Dec 2017 |
| Like many an oath |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2017 |
| Very serious |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Earnest single heartless man |
|
|
| Formal and dignified |
The Times Concise |
11 Apr 2017 |
| Single fellow having lost heart becomes glum |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Mar 2017 |
| Very serious |
|
|
| Losing regularly, should Edmond become glum? |
|
|
| Like some oaths |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Very serious |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Like some vows |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2016 |
| Single man losing heart in earnest |
|
|
| Only bloke without a po? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 May 2016 |
| Fish man gutted in earnest |
|
|
| August, serious |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Like some oaths |
|
|
| Like some vows |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Formal and dignified |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Like a judge? |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2015 |
| Sober and grave |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Seriously serious |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2015 |
| Quietly serious |
Universal |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Unsmiling |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Unsmiling |
|
|
| Sober and grave |
|
|
| Seriously serious |
|
|
| Quietly serious |
|
|
| Like a judge? |
|
|
| Formal and dignified |
|
|
| Like moments of silence |
|
|
| Deeply earnest |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Like a moment of silence |
|
|
| Grave and dignified |
|
|
| Dour |
|
|
| Mirthless |
|
|
| Very serious |
|
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| Serious, lonesome and heartless man |
|
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| Extremely earnest |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Like many a ceremony |
|
|
| Like moments of silence |
|
|
| Somber |
|
|
| Like funeral marches |
|
|
| Mirthless |
|
|
| Not at all light |
|
|
| Mirthless |
|
|
| Not at all light |
|
|
| What Paradise Lost "Once" was |
|
|
| Paradise Lost "Once ___" |
|
|
| Word from the Latin for "holy" |
|
|
| Like vows |
|
|
| Heavy |
|
|
| Seriously ceremonious |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Very serious |
|
|
| Heavy |
|
|
| Like vows |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Extremely serious |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Type of occasion |
|
|
| Like most church services |
|
|
| Like many an oath |
|
|
| Very serious |
|
|
| Like most church services |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Long-faced |
|
|
| Unsmiling |
|
|
| Like some vows |
|
|
| Like some oaths or vows |
|
|
| Like many oaths |
|
|
| Reverential |
|
|
| Type of promise |
|
|
| Funereal |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Type of occasion |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Far from frivolous |
|
|
| Long-faced |
|
|
| Long-faced |
|
|
| Mirthless |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Heartfelt |
|
|
| Somber |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Mirthless |
|
|
| Unsmiling |
|
|
| Like an oath |
|
|
| Like many a ceremony |
|
|
| Like many a ceremony |
|
|
| Like many oaths |
|
|
| Like High Mass |
|
|
| Kind of oath |
|
|
| Invoking the force of religion |
|
|
| Marked by formality |
|
|
| Dirgelike |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Extremely serious |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Unsmiling |
|
|
| Like an oath |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Of a serious nature |
|
|
| Like many oaths |
|
|
| Extremely earnest |
|
|
| Churchly |
|
|
| Ceremonious |
|
|
| Saturnine |
|
|
| Like a high mass |
|
|
| Imposing |
|
|
| Grave; mirthless |
|
|
| Deeply earnest |
|
|
| Eggshibiting gravity |
|
|
| Awe-inspiring |
|
|
| Grave. |
|
|
| Gravely formal. |
|
|
| Deeply earnest. |
|
|
| Awe-inspiring. |
|
|
| Highly formal. |
|
|
| "No human outlook so ___ as that from an infant's eyes."—Fitzgerald. |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Formal. |
|
|