Solution for 20 March cryptic clue

A timely greeting for the virtuous, grief-stricken so they say (4,7)

Solution – Good morning

“So they say” is a hint that at least part of the answer sounds like a word meaning grief stricken but won’t be spelled that way. So that leads you to “morning” which sounds like “mourning”.  Good = virtuous and put together it is a greeting which is “timely” in the sense that it refers to a time of day.


The next cryptic cross word clue in the series is here.