Gets serious
The crossword clue "Gets serious" is answered by SOBERS, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOBERS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOBERS answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TURNSITON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOBERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOBERS, most used first.
- Becomes serious - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Dries out, with "up" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Gets serious, with "up" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Gets up - ARISES, used 40 times
- Gets around - EVADES, used 25 times
- Gets away from - ELUDES, used 21 times
- Gets the lead out - ERASES, used 16 times
- Very serious - SOLEMN, used 16 times
- Gets going - STARTS, used 13 times
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