The Clue
My country's follower? (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIS
Tags
Notes
The answer TIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Notes
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"___ the season ..."
"___ the season..."
Carol contraction
Common contraction
"___ he season..."
It is contracted
"My country, ___ ..."
"My country, ___ of . . . "
Poetic contraction
Poetic word
Polynesian plants
Scale notes
"That so?" reply
"___ better to have loved . . . "
"___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats
"Deck the Halls" contraction
Frank McCourt memoir
"That he is mad, ___ true"
"My country" follower
"My country, ___ of thee"
Opposite of 't aint
Third word of "America"
1999 Frank McCourt memoir
"___ better to have loved and lost ..."
"___ folly to be wise": Gray
It comes before the season
Last word of "Angela's Ashes"
Moore's "___ the Last Rose of Summer"
"___ 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