The Clue
Cry expressing grief (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
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Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
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Lackaday!
Wellaway
"Ah me!"
"Ah, me!"
[Boo-hoo!]
Dignified "Shucks!"
Dramatic cry
" . . . ___ for England": Chesterton
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Exclamation of regret
Expression of woe
"How sad!"
Lackaday's cousin
Lament for Yorick
Melodramatic cry
Mournful word
Oh, woe!
Pitying cry
"___! poor Yorick"
"Sad to say ..."
Sad statement
Sad word
Sigh for Yorick
Sorry to say
Statement of resignation
"'Tis a pity"
"Too bad!"
Too bad!
Wistful word
"Woe is me!"
Woeful word
Word of woe
End of a Stein line
It's said with a sigh
"Oh, cruel world ..."
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
"___ he day!" (Shakespearean phrase)
Start of Hamlet's "Yorick" speech
Word said with a tear, maybe
"___ for Man, so stealthily betrayed": Millay
Definition
ALA as a noun:
1. a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"
2. a wing of an insect
ALAS as an adverb:
1. (unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas) = by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"