Not playing around, sadly (10) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Not playing around, sadly (10) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on September 29, 2025. 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 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is POIGNANTLY.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POIGNANTLY Not playing around, sadly (10) (10) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 29, 2025
10% TOURED Played around? (6) The Atlantic Sep 28, 2025
9% ALAS "Sadly ... " (4) LA Times Daily Sep 29, 2025
8% HONGKONG Hours playing instrument around centre of Turkish port (8) The Times Cryptic Sep 24, 2025
8% LATTERDAY Modern but sadly tardy and late (9) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 2, 2025
8% PALER Pearl sadly faded (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Aug 6, 2025
8% ALLTOOTRUE "Sadly, you're right" (10) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 2, 2025
8% DISMAY Sadly shock (6) (6)
8% MUCKABOUT Play around with mud, roughly (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 14, 2025
8% BEREFT Sadly lacking? (6)

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