The Clue
Last of a Stein line (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!
Lamentation
"A pity!"
"Regrettably ..."
Ach, in Akron
"Ah me!"
"Ah, well ..."
Alack's partner
Cry of sorrow
Cry of the sorrowful
Damsel's lament
"___ the day!": Desdemona
"Dear me!"
Exclamation of lamentation
"How sad!"
Lament for Yorick
Melodramatic cry
Mournful word
Neighbor of Can.
"Oh, woe!"
Opposite of "Hurray!"
Ovid's "Eheu!"
Poetic sigh
"Poor me!"
"___! poor Yorick . . . "
Resigned remark
"Sad to say ..."
Sighed line?
"'Tis a pity"
"What a shame!"
Wistful word
"Woe is me!"
Woeful cry
Woeful word
Word of grief
Word of regret
Word of sorrow
Word of woe
Cry said with a sigh
"___, poor Milan!": Prospero
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
"___, Time stays, we go": Dobson
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"