The Clue
"America" contraction (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIS
Tags
Notes
The answer TIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
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"___ true"
Bard's contraction
Carol contraction
Common contraction
Las' followers
Opposite of 'tain't
Poetic contraction
Poetic word
Rejoinder to "'tain't!"
Scale notes
"___ Autumn," 1941 song
"___ better to have loved . . . "
"___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats
"Deck the Halls" contraction
Frank McCourt memoir
"That he is mad, ___ true"
"My country" follower
"My country, ___ of thee . . . "
"My country, ___ of thee"
My country's follower?
Old-fashioned contraction
"___ the season to be jolly"
Sequel to "Angela's Ashes"
Third word in "America"
Third word of "America"
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn"
"___ almost fairy time": Shak.
"___ Autumn" (hit 1941 song)
"___ better to have loved and lost ..."
"___ folly to be wise": Gray
"___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"
Definition
TI as a noun:
1. (titanium, Ti, atomic number 22) = a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
2. (ti, Cordyline terminalis) = shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
3. (ti, te, si) = the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization