Related Clues:

• Preceder of a bit of bad news
• ___ and alack
• Phrase of lament
• Prelude to bad news
• Cry of the sorrowful
• "___, poor Yorick" (Hamlet)
• Sad to report
• Lamenter's comment
• Sadly
• "Oh dear!"
• Sighing comment
• Resignation exclamation
• Regretter's word
• ''It's a shame!''
• Sad interjection