"Woe is me!" (4)
<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" .)
<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 all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for alack that I've seen before include "Old expression of dismay" , "I'm sorry to say" , "Previously expressed regret" , "Sadly" , "expression of regret" .)