'Sorry to say . . .' Crossword Clue

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'Sorry to say . . .' Crossword Answer

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IMAFRAID

(8 letters)

ALAS

(4 letters)

SADLY

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SORRY (adjective)
1. bad; unfortunate
2. causing dejection
SAY (verb)
1. have or contain a certain wording or form
2. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
SAY (noun)
1. the chance to speak

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

IMAFRAID
(8 letters)
ALAS
(4 letters)
SADLY
(5 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
AFIRE

More LA Times Crossword (6/26/2025) Answers

Across

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10. Hippie event

14. Pinned distinction

15. Female gamete

16. The 411

17. *Technical team supervisor

20. Storage tower

21. Group taken for a drive?

22. Google Books __ Viewer: tool that tracks word usage frequency

23. Go-ahead

25. Sky streakers

27. *Special occasion mailing

31. Poppin'

32. Blended juice prefix

33. Tough

37. Way off

39. ''That smarts!''

41. Staff member

42. Indirect route

45. Perfume application

48. Slip into

49. *Place of monumental achievement?

52. Sleep aid of folklore

55. No longer here

56. Top-tier

57. Hawaiian coffee region

59. Birds associated with wisdom

63. Change studied by evolutionary biologists, or what can be found in the answer to each starred clue?

66. Lines that cross at (0,0)

67. Lope or canter

68. Capital on the Red River

69. Shoemaker's form

70. Bldg. units

71. Contract negotiator

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Down

1. Some park workers

2. Garr of “Young Frankenstein”

3. "Survivor" find

4. Wheedle

5. Schooner filler

6. Gave a thumbs-down

7. At all

8. First hip-hop group to have music videos on MTV

9. Texter's gasp

10. Watched an entire season of, say

11. Año start

13. Expected results

18. Board head

19. Emcee's piece

24. Ellipsis alternative: Abbr.

26. Have something

27. Showy flower, briefly

28. Widespread

29. "L'__, c'est moi": Louis XIV

30. Garden sentinel

34. ___ positivity

35. Straddling

36. Slight progress

38. Consumer Reports task

40. Hand-tightened fasteners

43. Like some expectations

44. Classic TV brand

46. Summer ermine

47. Decimal value of hexadecimal A

50. Mushroom that drips black liquid

51. Location label

52. "Love Story" novelist

53. Echo assistant

54. Dressed to the __

58. Drop

60. Product that gets pressed into service?

61. Diving bird

62. Agitated state

64. "Hometown Proud" food market chain

65. Epiphany cry

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