The Clue
Worry word (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
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Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
Related Clues
Lackaday!
"A pity"
"Sadly ..."
Wellaway!
"Ah, me!"
Ah, me!
"Ah, well ..."
[Boo-hoo!]
Comment on a loss
Cry of regret
Cry of woe
Exclamation of regret
Expression of woe
"How sad!"
Melodramatic cry
"Oh, my!"
"Oh no!"
"Oh, woe!"
Ovid's "Eheu!"
Pitying cry
Poet's plaint
"___! poor Yorick"
Shelley's "Shucks!"
Sighing word
Sound of distress
Statement of resignation
"'Tis a shame"
Voiced sigh
"What a shame!"
Wistful word
"Woe is me!"
"Woe is me"
Woeful word
Word of discouragement
Word of regret
Word of sorrow
Word of woe
Dignified cousin of "Shucks!"
"___ the heavy day!": "Othello"
"Pigeons on the grass ___": Stein
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
To Hadrian, this was "Heu!"
Word repeated in "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"
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"