The Clue
"___, Time stays, we go": Dobson (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
Tags
Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Lackaday!"
"A pity"
"Welladay"
Wellaway!
Cry of dismay
Dignified "Shucks!"
Expression of sadness
Expression of sorrow
Griever's exclamation
"Oh, woe!"
"___! poor Yorick"
"Sad to say ..."
Sigh for Yorick
Sighed line?
"'Tis a pity"
"Too bad!"
Too bad!
"What a shame!"
Wistful word
"Woe is me!"
Woe is me!
Woeful word
Word of lament
Word of sorrow
Word of woe
Comment about a loss
Cry after failing
Cry said with a sigh
"Darn," more formally
"___! poor Yorick": Hamlet
"Poor Yorick" preceder
"___! poor Yorick": Shak.
Word bespeaking woe
Word in a Stein line
Interjection that comes from the Latin for "weary"
End of a well-known Stein line
"Oh, were it not true!"
"Sustineo ___," U. S. A. F. motto
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"