"Alas! I am very sorry to say / That ____ lives have been taken away" (<i>The Tay Bridge Disaster</i>, William McGonagall) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Alas! I am very sorry to say / That ____ lives have been taken away" (<i>The Tay Bridge Disaster</i>, William McGonagall) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NINETY.

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Crossword Answer For "Alas! I am very sorry to say / That ____ lives have been taken away" (<i>The Tay Bridge Disaster</i>, William McGonagall):

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NINETY "Alas! I am very sorry to say / That ____ lives have been taken away" (<i>The Tay Bridge Disaster</i>, William McGonagall) (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Mar 9, 2025
6% AMSO "I __ sorry" (4) LA Times Daily Dec 6, 2025
6% EUREKA "I have it!" (6) The Telegraph Quick Nov 28, 2025
6% ONES I, I, I, I ... (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 13, 2025
6% ASK "I have to ___ . . ." (3) USA Today Nov 6, 2025
6% CANT "Sorry, I ___ relate" (4) USA Today Oct 16, 2025
5% OPE "Sorry I bumped into you!" (3) The Atlantic Dec 18, 2025
5% RUN I will avoid disaster in series of performances (3) The Times Cryptic Dec 8, 2025
5% SILLYME "What a fool I am!" (7) Eugene Sheffer Dec 2, 2025
5% ALTMAN Robert ____ directed <i>The Player </i>and <i>Gosford Park</i> (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 30, 2025

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