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Definitions for word ALAS

The following 169 definitions were found. Click the dates to see the answer in context.
DateGridClueAuthor
Friday, August 21, 200940AAs bad luck would have itPatrick Berry
Wednesday, July 22, 200962A"'Tis a pity"Patrick Blindauer
Wednesday, June 10, 200963AMelodramatic cryRichard Silvestri
Tuesday, May 19, 200922D"Sad to say ..."Damon J. Gulczynski
Friday, April 24, 200922A"Regrettably ..."Barry C. Silk
Wednesday, April 08, 200916A"A pity"Joey Weissbrot
Wednesday, April 01, 200916A"Such a pity"Ed Stein and Paula Gamache
Thursday, February 12, 200924D"___ the day!" (Shakespearean exclamation)Gary & Stephen Kennedy
Tuesday, February 10, 200956D"'Tis a pity"John Underwood
Tuesday, January 20, 200958A"Oh, woe!"Tim Wescott
Monday, December 22, 200855A"Oh, woe!"Lynn Lempel
Thursday, December 11, 200870AComment about a lossJim Hilger
Sunday, December 07, 2008121A"___, how love can trifle with itself!": Shak.Jim Page
Wednesday, October 15, 200829D[sigh]Kevin G. Der
Monday, July 21, 200841A"Darn," more formallyGilbert H. Ludwig
Thursday, May 08, 200810D"Sad to say ..."Harvey Estes
Thursday, April 10, 200843D"___ the day!" (Shakespearean interjection)David J. Kahn
Monday, February 25, 20087D"Ah, me!"Randall J. Hartman
Wednesday, February 06, 200859DWord of woeLarry Shearer
Tuesday, January 22, 200864A"That's a shame"Adam G. Perl
Monday, December 17, 20077D"Sad to say ..."Richard Chisholm
Sunday, December 16, 200721A"Too bad"David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn
Monday, December 03, 20071DSelf-pitying cryHarvey Estes
Monday, October 22, 200764A"Unfortunately ..."Lynn Lempel
Monday, August 13, 20071A"Woe is me!"Andrew Ries
Wednesday, June 06, 200725A"Too bad!"Richard Silvestri
Monday, May 21, 20076D"___, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio"Allan E. Parrish
Wednesday, April 04, 200726D[sigh]Bette Sue Cohen
Monday, January 08, 200712D"Oh, woe!"Harriet Clifton
Saturday, November 18, 20064DExpression of unhappinessVictor Fleming
Sunday, September 17, 200645A"Too bad"Brendan Emmett Quigley
Sunday, July 23, 200652D[sigh]Fred Piscop
Tuesday, May 02, 200615AWord of woePeter A. Collins
Monday, May 01, 200657D"'Tis a shame"Mike Torch
Sunday, January 22, 200612D"___ the heavy day!": "Othello"George Barany and Michael Shteyman
Thursday, January 05, 20064D"How sad!"Victor Fleming
Monday, November 07, 200550A"Too bad!"Jay Livingston
Sunday, August 28, 2005107A"What a pity!"Nancy Nicholson Joline
Monday, August 08, 20052D"Too bad!"Harvey Estes
Tuesday, July 05, 200528DResigned remarkBeth Hinshaw
Wednesday, May 11, 200525D[Sigh]Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin
Wednesday, March 23, 200518DSighed cryMike Shenk
Tuesday, January 18, 200557D"Woe is me!"Richard Chisholm
Tuesday, November 09, 200411D"Sad to say ..."Robert Dillman
Tuesday, October 12, 20041D[sigh]Nancy Kavanaugh
Friday, September 24, 200425DSad statementPatrick Berry
Friday, July 16, 200417ADejection interjectionCraig Kasper
Sunday, June 13, 200497APoetic plaintRichard Silvestri
Thursday, June 10, 200453D"___, how love can trifle with itself!": Shak.Paula Gamache
Friday, April 02, 200432DRegrettablyGilbert H. Ludwig
Thursday, February 12, 200419A"Ohhhh ..."Craig Kasper
Monday, February 02, 200417A"What a shame!"Gregory E. Paul
Monday, January 05, 200427D"Oh, woe!"Allan E. Parrish
Friday, December 19, 20034ARegrettablyElizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, October 13, 200317A[sigh]Eric Berlin
Wednesday, October 01, 20031D"'Tis a pity"A. J. Santora
Thursday, September 11, 200329D"C'est la vie"Patrick Merrell
Tuesday, September 09, 200334D"Unfortunately ..."Robert Zimmerman
Thursday, May 29, 200342DComment on a lossJim Page
Thursday, March 20, 20038D"Too bad!"Manny Nosowsky
Thursday, February 20, 200330DRegrettablyPeter Sarrett
Monday, February 10, 200355DWord of woeNancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Sunday, January 05, 200342D"Sad to say ..."Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, December 10, 20023DWord for YorickJohn Underwood
Sunday, December 08, 2002104AOpposite of "Hurray!"Peter Gordon
Sunday, November 17, 200247APitying cryRichard and Judith Martin
Tuesday, October 29, 200233AResigned remarkRichard Hughes
Thursday, October 24, 200245A"Too bad"Patrick Merrell
Sunday, October 13, 200278A"Sorry to say ..."Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, September 29, 2002108AWistful wordRandolph Ross
Tuesday, September 24, 200245D"Ah, me!"Sherry O. Blackard
Tuesday, August 27, 200224A"Woe is me!"Denise M. Neuendorf
Saturday, July 20, 200246DMelodramatic cryDana Motley
Wednesday, June 12, 200235ASorry to sayNancy Salomon and Bill Zais
Tuesday, May 28, 200261A"Ah, me!"Ed Early
Saturday, May 11, 200233D"Ohhh"Mark Diehl
Sunday, April 28, 200253D"Dear me!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, March 26, 200215A"Oh dear!"Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Thursday, March 21, 200255D"What a pity!"Patrick Berry
Thursday, January 24, 20027DCry after failingBrendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, November 19, 200161D"What a pity!"Peter Gordon
Sunday, November 04, 200183A"Oh, my!"Manny Nosowsky
Monday, October 29, 200134DIt's said with a sighRichard Hughes
Friday, October 12, 20017D"Oh, my!"Manny Nosowsky
Tuesday, June 05, 20011D"What a pity!"Peter Gordon
Monday, February 26, 200136A"If only things had turned out different!"Norma Steinberg
Sunday, December 31, 200061D"Ah, me!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, December 12, 20006A"Woe is me!"Nick Grivas
Thursday, November 30, 20003D"Ah, those were the days"Manny Nosowsky
Wednesday, July 12, 200060AWord for YorickWilliam A. Ballard
Tuesday, July 04, 200010A"Woe is me!"Tyler Hinman
Monday, June 12, 200054D"What a shame"Andrea C. Michaels
Tuesday, February 22, 200043AWord for YorickDorothy E. Donaldson
Monday, January 31, 20004D[Sigh]Peter Gordon
Wednesday, January 19, 200046D"Ah, me!"Arthur S. Verdesca
Wednesday, November 17, 199969ARelative of 55-AcrossFred Piscop
Sunday, November 14, 199958A[Boo-hoo!]Lloyd E. Pollet
Tuesday, November 09, 199918D"Poor me!"Elizabeth C. Gorski
Thursday, November 04, 199928D"Poor me!"Matthew Lees
Thursday, October 07, 199957A"'Tis a pity"Kelly Clark
Tuesday, September 28, 199921A"Unfortunately..."Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, September 26, 199953DWord of regretRandolph Ross
Wednesday, July 28, 199925A"How awful!"Manny Nosowsky
Monday, May 17, 199950DDramatic wailEthan Cooper
Thursday, April 29, 199943D"Oh dear!"Adam Cohen
Wednesday, March 10, 199968A"What a shame!"Wesley R. Johnson
Wednesday, March 03, 19997DWoeful wordRich Norris
Friday, January 01, 199913D"Wellaway!" updatedJoe DiPietro
Tuesday, November 10, 199823A"Ah, me!"Diane C. Baldwin
Monday, September 28, 199829D"Oh, woe!"Robert Dillman
Monday, August 17, 19981DWord of regretGregory E. Paul
Wednesday, June 10, 199816A"Oh, were it not true!"Nancy S. Ross
Thursday, January 29, 199865AWord said with a tearFrances Hansen
Wednesday, January 14, 199864AWistful wordWilliam Bernhardt
Wednesday, December 10, 19978DCry for what might have beenJonathan Schmalzbach
Thursday, October 23, 199720AWistful wordFrances Hansen
Monday, September 15, 19971D"Woe is me!"Stephanie Spadaccini
Tuesday, September 09, 199727DWord of resignationElizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, August 04, 199736AWoeful wordGregory E. Paul
Tuesday, July 08, 19971A"Woe is me!"Stephanie Spadaccini
Friday, July 04, 19971AWord after a lossManny Nosowsky
Sunday, June 01, 199758AWord repeated in "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"Randolph Ross
Wednesday, May 07, 199717A"Oh, woe!"Dean Niles
Tuesday, April 08, 199736DGriever's exclamationFred Piscop
Monday, March 10, 19971A"Too bad!"Gregory E. Paul
Thursday, February 27, 19973DStart of Hamlet's "Yorick" speechRaymond C. Young
Sunday, February 23, 199762D"___, 'tis true I have gone here and there": Shak.Nancy Nicholson Joline
Monday, February 10, 199735A"Woe is me!"S. Burns
Saturday, February 08, 199721D"I am miserable"G. R. Ferguson
Thursday, January 30, 19977DWord for poor YorickD. Motley
Monday, December 02, 199629DDespondent commentD. L. Wilk
Monday, November 04, 199619A"Oh, woe!"P. Wilson
Wednesday, October 23, 19961ACry for "poor Yorick"R. Norris
Sunday, October 13, 199666A"A pity!"W. R. Williams
Friday, September 20, 199639AWoeful wordJ. Page
Tuesday, September 17, 199615AAlack's partnerM. D. Frankel
Sunday, August 11, 199694D"___ for Man, so stealthily betrayed": MillayM. Schneider
Sunday, July 14, 199665D"___the day!" (Shakespearean phrase)J. Schmalzbach
Sunday, June 09, 1996114DLament for YorickM. Gaffney
Wednesday, June 05, 199615A"Wellaway!"G. R. Ferguson
Monday, June 03, 199643D"'Tis a pity!"S. L. Robbins
Tuesday, May 21, 199662AWoeful cryJ. Schmalzbach
Sunday, April 07, 1996126AWord of regretC. Millhauser
Sunday, March 31, 199677D"Oh, woe!"J. Savage
Sunday, March 10, 199640DGloomy Gus's expressionF & L Sabin
Wednesday, February 21, 199618D"'Tis a pity"F. & L. Sabin
Sunday, February 18, 199662A"Bummer!"Norma Steinberg
Sunday, October 15, 19951ARelative of "oy"Mel Rosen
Tuesday, September 12, 19951A"How sad!"Gregory E. Paul
Monday, September 04, 19957D"What a shame!"Richard Thomas
Thursday, August 10, 199521AWord of lamentMatt Gaffney
Saturday, May 20, 199533D"Poor me!"Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, March 12, 1995101D"Woe is me!"Charles M. Deber
Saturday, March 04, 199526D"_____, poor Milan!": ProsperoRand H. Burns
Monday, February 27, 199552D"Oh, woe!"Sidney L. Robbins
Sunday, February 26, 19956D"_____, my Love! ye do me wrong"Fred Piscop
Wednesday, January 11, 19957D"Welladay"Stanley B. Whitten
Monday, December 12, 199456D"Oh, woe!"Joy L. Wouk
Thursday, November 10, 199420AWord of woeAlfio Micci
Wednesday, November 09, 199449ATheatrical lamentWayne Robert Williams
Tuesday, October 25, 19947DVoiced sighLois Sidway
Thursday, September 01, 199452D"Poor pitiful me!"Manny Nosowsky
Sunday, August 21, 199465DSadlyTed Fulton
Monday, July 25, 19941A"Woe is me!"Albert J. Klaus
Thursday, June 23, 199410AMelodramatic cryTrip Payne
Tuesday, May 31, 199418D"What a pity!"Roger H. Courtney
Sunday, January 23, 199413AWord of woeCharles M. Deber
Monday, January 03, 199415D"Too bad!"Sidney L. Robbins
Sunday, December 12, 199311DSighing wordCathy Millhauser