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"What a shame" (4)

Ross

I think it could be either:

alas

pity

'what a shame' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for alas that I've seen before include "Unhappily" , "-- and alack!" , "Expression of grief or misfortune" , "By bad luck" , "Proper, respectable" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
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