Related Clues:

• Serious — sombre
• Abstinent
• Not intoxicated
• Not sozzled
• Uninebriated
• Clinging, say
• Extremely poor
• Definitely not loaded
• "On the wagon"
• Insecure
• Far from wealthy
• Dependent on charity
• Dry tears shed by one, half-heartedly?
• Attention-seeking, say
• In the lowest possible tax bracket