| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GRIEVOUS | Causing sorrow | |
| REGRETTABLE | Causing sorrow | |
| RUTHFUL | Causing sorrow. | |
| HEARTBREAKING | Causing overpowering sorrow. | |
| TRAGIC | Causing sorrow or pain | |
| SAD | Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. | |
| MOURNFUL | Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. | |