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Regrettably (4)

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I believe the answer is:

alas

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">regrettably</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('alas' is said before regrettable news)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for alas that I've seen before include "By bad luck" , "Proper, respectable" , "What a shame!" , "Antipodean island state" , "Sad expression" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Newsday, the LA Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The New York Times, the Universal, The Irish Times, the USA Today, The Guardian, The Sun and the Wall Street Journal.
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