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Brought up a lot of vegetarian food, sadly (4)

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alas

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'sadly' is the definition.
('alas' is used to express regret)

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(Other definitions for alas that I've seen before include "By bad luck" , "Sad expression" , "I'm sorry to say" , "Sadly, unfortunately" , "express regret thus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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