The Clue
Word after "My country" (3 letter answer)
The Answer
TIS
Tags
Notes
The answer TIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
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"___ the season ..."
"___ the season ?"
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" . . . ___ of thee"
Bard's contraction
Carol contraction
Contracted agreement
"___ he season..."
Las' followers
"My country, ___ . . . "
Poetic contraction
Poetic word
Polynesian trees
Preceder of the season
Rejoinder to "'tain't!"
Scale notes
"That so?" reply
"Whether ___ nobler..."
"___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats
"Deck the Halls" word
"My country, ___ of thee"
"___ the season to be jolly"
Third word of "America"
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn"
1999 Frank McCourt memoir
"Angela's Ashes" follow-up
"___ Autumn" (hit 1941 song)
"___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit)
"___ better to have loved and lost ..."
"___ So Sweet" (gospel song)
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