The Clue
Oh, dear! (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
Tags
Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
Related Clues
Lackaday!
"Ohhh"
"A pity"
Regrettably
"Sadly ..."
[sigh]
"Welladay"
Wellaway!
Alack's partner
Cry for Yorick
"___ the day!": Desdemona
Expression of sorrow
Expression of woe
Expression of worry
"Oh, woe!"
"___! poor Yorick . . . "
"___! poor Yorick"
Sad disyllable
Sad statement
"Shucks!," to a poet
Sorrowful word
"'Tis a pity"
"Too bad!"
Voiced sigh
"What a shame!"
Wistful word
"Woe is me!"
Woe is me!
Woeful word
Word of regret
Word of woe
Word from the woebegone
Comment about a loss
Cry after failing
"___ the day!" (Shakespearean interjection)
Dignified cousin of "Shucks!"
"___! poor Yorick": Shak.
Word for poor Yorick
Word said with a sigh
End of a Stein line re pigeons
"Oh, were it not true!"
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"