Merriment is real distraction at sad occasion (7) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Merriment is real distraction at sad occasion (7) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on February 22, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FUNERAL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FUNERAL Merriment is real distraction at sad occasion (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Feb 22, 2026
6% GLEE Merriment (4) Thomas Joseph Feb 19, 2026
6% FUN Merriment (3) Thomas Joseph Jan 16, 2026
5% UNHAPPY Sad (7) Commuter Feb 5, 2026
5% WOE Sadness (3) Puzzler Backwords Feb 5, 2026
5% SORSORSORSORSOR Sadness (15) New York Times Jan 29, 2026
5% DOWN Sad (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 29, 2026
5% FEINT Distracting manoeuvre (5) The Times Concise Jan 15, 2026
5% TIMES Occasions (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 15, 2026
5% MIRTH Merriment (5) The Times Concise Dec 24, 2025

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