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"Regrettably ..." (4)

Ross

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 USA Today, The New York Times, the Newsday, The Guardian, the Universal, the King Feature Syndicate, The Sun, the Wall Street Journal, The Independent, the LA Times and The Irish Times.
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