The Clue
Wishes one hadn't (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RUES
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Notes
The answer RUES is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Bemoans
Is contrite
Laments
Is penitent
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Tentworts
Bitter herbs
Feels remorse
French streets
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Medicinal herbs
Medicinal plants
Paris gridwork
Parisian streets
Reims roads
Royale and Rivoli
Ways of Paris
Wishes undone
French urban network
Has misgivings about
They crisscross Paris
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de la Paix and Madeleine
De Sèvres and de Rennes
Has second thoughts about
St. Dominique and de Lille
Ways of Charles de Gaulle?
Ones coming from the Arc de Triomphe?
Plants once called "herbs of grace"
Definition
RUE as a noun:
1. (rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens) = European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
2. leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
3. (sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness) = sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
4. (French) a street or road in France
RUE as a verb:
1. (repent, regret, rue) = feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about