“Sad to say ...”

The answer to ““Sad to say ...”” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is ALAS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 29, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 1-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

““Sad to say ...”” answer

ALAS (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is ALAS.

What does ALAS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of ALAS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has ““Sad to say ...”” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 29, 2026 (most recent) → ALAS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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