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Expression of regret for a girl not finishing (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alas

'expression of regret' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a girl not finishing' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'not finishing' means to remove the last letter.
'lass' with its last letter taken off is 'las'.
'a'+'las'='ALAS'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for alas that I've seen before include "Expression of grief or misfortune" , "Oh dear!" , "Lackaday" , "express regret thus" , "Proper, respectable" .)

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