| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| STERNLY | Seriously | |
| VIGOROUSLY | Seriously | |
| MATERIALLY | Seriously | |
| INEARNEST | Seriously | |
| DRASTICALLY | Seriously | |
| EARNESTLY | Seriously | |
| TAKETOHEART | Regard seriously | |
| CRIPPLE | Damage seriously | |
| INFUN | Not intended seriously | |
| SOLEMNLY | Formally and seriously | |
| SADLY | Seriously; soberly; gravely. | |
| ACUTELY | Seriously awful Yule act | |
| TWOS | Pairs beginners taking work obligations seriously | |
| SCAB | Wound starts seriously crusting and bleeding | |
| SCHOLARSHIP | Professor with first seriously cool learning opportunity | |
| SEVEREST | Harshest on top of seriously tall mountain | |
| APSE | Vaulted recess is a bit of a deathtrap, seriously | |
| SOBERLY | In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously. | |
| CONSIDER | To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate. | |
| JOKE | Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport. | |
| ADMONISH | To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. | |
| STARTLE | To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. | |
| CACOXENITE | A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore. | |
| BADLY | In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. | |
| EXCUSE | To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. | |