The Clue
"Miserabile dictu!" (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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Cry of dismay
Cry of regret
Cry of woe
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Exclamation of concern
Expression of sadness
Expression of unhappiness
Expression of woe
Forlorn cry
Melodramatic cry
"Oh, woe!"
Poetic sigh
"Poor me!"
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Relative of "oy"
"Sad to say ..."
Sigh for Yorick
Sighing word
Soliloquy opener
Sorrowing cry
"'Tis a pity!"
"Too bad!"
Too bad!
"Woe is me!"
Woeful expression
Woeful word
Word of regret
Word of resignation
Word of woe
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"___, poor Milan!": Prospero
"___! poor Yorick": Shak.
Sitka's state: Abbr.
Word said with a sigh
"___ for Man, so stealthily betrayed": Millay
"___, 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"