Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EARNEST

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What does EARNEST mean?

1. Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
2. Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

1. To be serious with; use in earnest.

1. (said of an action or an utterance) Serious or honest
2. (with a positive sense) Focused in the pursuit of an objective; eager to obtain or do.
3. Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
4. (said of a person or a person's character) Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
5. Strenuous; diligent.
6. Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

1. A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.

1. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
2. To receive payment for work.
3. To receive payment for work.
4. To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
5. To achieve by being worthy of.

1. To curdle, as milk.

1. To long; to yearn.
2. To grieve.

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