The Clue
Expression of worry (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
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Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
Related Clues
Ach!
"Bummer!"
Lackaday!
Pity!
Regrettably
[sigh]
Welladay!
Wellaway!
"___ the day!": Desdemona
"Dear me!"
Exclamation of lamentation
Exclamation of sorrow
Expression of sorrow
Griever's exclamation
"Oh, woe!"
Opposite of "Hurray!"
"Poor me!"
Relative of alack
Resignation exclamation
Resigned remark
Rueful exclamation
Sad disyllable
"Sad to say ..."
Sighed word
"Sorry to say ..."
"Too bad"
Too bad!
"What a pity!"
"What a shame!"
"Woe is me!"
"Woe is me"
Word of grief
Word of regret
Word of woe
End of a Stein line
"___ the heavy day!": "Othello"
"Poor pitiful me!"
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
Word said with a tear
Word said with a tear, maybe
End of a Stein line re pigeons
"___! I loved you best": Sheffield
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"