The clue "alas" last appeared in the The Guardian Quick crossword on December 21, 2020. The correct answer for this puzzle is "UNFORTUNATELY", a 13-letter word.
Solution SADLY is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution SADLY is 5 letters long. We have 1 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 15 solutions. The longest is UNFORTUNATELY with 13 letters, and the shortest is HEU with 3 letters.
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Solutions are between 3 and 13 letters long.