"Oh, were it not true!" Crossword Clue

• "What a pity!"

  New York Times · Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · 4 letters

• "___, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio"

  New York Times · Tuesday, June 16, 2026 · 4 letters

• Lead-in to "poor Yorick!"

  New York Times · Tuesday, May 12, 2026 · 4 letters

• Cry often accompanied by a sigh

  New York Times · Sunday, May 3, 2026 · 4 letters

• "Sorry to say …"

  New York Times · Sunday, March 1, 2026 · 4 letters

• "Oh, cruel fate!"

  New York Times · Sunday, February 8, 2026 · 4 letters

• "That's a real shame"

  New York Times · Wednesday, December 17, 2025 · 4 letters

• [Sigh]

  New York Times · Wednesday, November 26, 2025 · 4 letters

• "Sad to say …"

  New York Times · Friday, September 12, 2025 · 4 letters

• "___, that love, so gentle in his view, / Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!": "Romeo and Juliet"

  New York Times · Thursday, September 4, 2025 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 10-Across Small denomination
• 10-Down Amount Santa carries
• 11-Down Like some textbook publishing
• 12-Down Party centerpiece
• 13-Down Peter, e.g.
• 14-Across Sorority letters
• 15-Across Trial's partner
• 17-Across Gershwin's "It ___ Necessarily So"
• 18-Across 1911 Stravinsky ballet
• 19-Down Misgiving
• 20-Across Flirt
• 21-Down Cause that NOW championed