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The Clue
Hamlet's lament (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!
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"Ah, me!"
Alack's companion
Alack's partner
Cry of the sorrowful
Dejection interjection
Dignified "Shucks!"
Dramatic wail
Exclamation of regret
Griever's exclamation
Kin of alack
Melodramatic cry
"Oh, woe!"
"___! poor Yorick"
Sorrowing sound
"Sorry to say ..."
State: Abbr.
"'Tis a pity"
"Too bad!"
Too bad!
"What a pity!"
"What a shame"
"Woe is me!"
Woeful cry
Woeful word
Word of regret
Word of woe
Word for Yorick
Cry said with a sigh
"Poor Yorick" preceder
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Start of Hamlet's "Yorick" speech
Word from Hamlet while holding a skull
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"