Be less than serious
The crossword clue "Be less than serious" is answered by JEST, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
JEST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JEST answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for JEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by JEST, most used first.
- "Surely you ___!" - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Kid around - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Witty remark - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Witticism - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Joke around - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Kid - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Bit of banter - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Joke - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Fun - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Clown around - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Wisecrack - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Quip - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Make jokes - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Prank - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
- Gag - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Nothing more than - MERE, used 159 times
- Larger-than-life - EPIC, used 101 times
- More than - OVER, used 86 times
- Make less difficult - EASE, used 75 times
- In ___ of (rather than) - LIEU, used 69 times
- No more than - MERE, used 65 times
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