The Clue
"My country ___ . . . " (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIS
Tags
Notes
The answer TIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
"___ the season . . . "
"___ the season ?"
" . . . ___ of thee"
Carol contraction
Common contraction
Contracted agreement
Las' followers
Musical notes
Poetic contraction
Scale notes
Seasonal contraction
"___ better to have loved..."
Frank McCourt memoir
"My country, ___ of thee..."
Notes after las
Old-fashioned contraction
"___ the season to be jolly"
Third word of "America"
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn"
1999 Frank McCourt memoir
"___ folly to be wise": Gray
"___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"
"___ so appalling - it exhilarates": Dickinson
Definition
TI as a noun:
1. (titanium, Ti, atomic number 22) = a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
2. (ti, Cordyline terminalis) = shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
3. (ti, te, si) = the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization