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Answer for the clue "Going from the sublime to the ridiculous? ", 13 letters:
anticlimactic

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style [syn: anticlimactical ] coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic" [ant: climactic ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also anti-climactic , 1831; see anticlimax + -ic .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.

Usage examples of anticlimactic.

If the story had ended at this point, it would have seemed rather anticlimactic and dull: Boy has problem, boy works on problem, boy solves problem.

Quite an anticlimactic ending for what Bronwyn was beginning to regard as a promisingly perilous adventure.