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Forgoing frivolity (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sober

(Other definitions for sober that I've seen before include "Unintoxicated" , "Temperate" , "Unfuddled" , "Staid; clear-headed" , "Serious or solemn and not drunk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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