The Clue
Cry for "poor Yorick" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
Tags
Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
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Lackaday!
Sadly
Wellaway
Wellaway!
"Woe!"
Ah me!
Cry of despair
Cry of regret
Dejection interjection
Exclamation of concern
Expression of woe
Griever's exclamation
Oh me!
"Oh, my!"
"Oh, woe!"
Oh, woe!
Ovid's "Eheu!"
Poetic sigh
"___! poor Yorick"
Sad cry
Sorrowful expression
"Such a pity"
"'Tis a pity!"
"Too bad!"
"Too bad"
Too bad!
"What a pity!"
"Woe is me!"
Woeful expression
Word of regret
Word of woe
"C'est la vie"
Cry expressing grief
Cry said with a sigh
End of a Stein line
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
Word in a Stein line
"Ah, those were the days"
To Hadrian, this was "Heu!"
"The weather-glass/Is set at ___": Auden
Word said with a tear, maybe
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"