The Clue
" . . . to bed; ___ almost fairy time": Shak. (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIS
Tags
Notes
The answer TIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Notes
"___ the season . . . "
"___ the season ..."
"___ the season ?"
"___ the season!"
"___ the season..."
" . . . ___ of thee"
Bard's contraction
Carol contraction
Common contraction
Contracted agreement
"___ he season..."
It is contracted
Las' followers
"My country ___ . . . "
"My country, ___ . . . "
"My country, ___ ..."
Poetic contraction
Poetic word
Poets' word
Scale notes
"___ better to have loved . . . "
"___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats
"Deck the Halls" word
Frank McCourt memoir
Frank McCourt title
Notes after las
Old-fashioned contraction
Opposite of 't aint
"___ the season to be jolly"
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn"
1999 Frank McCourt memoir
"___ folly to be wise": Gray
Moore's "___ the Last Rose of Summer"
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