Exclamation expressing sorrow (4)

I believe the answer is:

alas

(Other definitions for alas that I've seen before include "Lackaday" , "Exclamation of misfortune" , "I'm sorry to say" , "-- and alack!" , "Exclamation of grief" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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