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"Woe is me!" (4)

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alas

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">woe is me</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for alas that I've seen before include "Exclamation of misfortune" , "'- Poor Yorick' (Hamlet)" , "More's the pity" , "express regret thus" , "Unhappily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, the USA Today, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The New York Times, The Guardian, the Universal and the LA Times.
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