| It sometimes gets tripped | 25 |
| It might stop a burglar | 23 |
| It might hold up a holdup | 25 |
| It might help you get up | 24 |
| It may ring in the morning | 26 |
| It may be set or set off | 24 |
| It can break up a break-in | 26 |
| It can be set on a cell phone | 29 |
| Home security component | 23 |
| Feature of a clock radio | 24 |
| False or fire follower | 22 |
| Common cell phone feature | 25 |
| CarÂ’s security device | 25 |
| Car's security device | 25 |
| Car or cellphone feature | 24 |
| "68 Guns" band | 24 |
| Scare Joshua at a concert? | 26 |
| Asserted without proof | 22 |
| Chicken Little, for one | 23 |
| The boy who cried wolf, e.g. | 28 |
| Chicken Little, notably | 23 |
| "Wolf!" crier | 23 |
| They're prone to panic | 26 |
| "Wolf" criers | 23 |
| Fire and burglar, e.g. | 22 |
| Bells and whistles, maybe | 25 |
| Alternatives to The Club | 24 |
| They're set for rising | 26 |
| Some cellphone settings | 23 |
| Snooze buttons stop them | 24 |
| Firemen's concerns | 22 |
| Bells and whistles, say | 23 |
| Old-style call to arms | 22 |
| Warning signal for Macbeth | 26 |
| Call to arms, to Shakespeare | 28 |
| "What a pity!" | 24 |
| "'Tis a pity" | 27 |
| "What a shame" | 24 |
| "What a shame!" | 25 |
| "Sad to say ..." | 26 |
| "Unfortunately ..." | 29 |
| 'Sad to say ...' | 24 |
| Commiserator's word | 23 |
| "How awful!" | 22 |
| "___! poor Yorick" | 28 |
| "___, poor Yorick!" | 29 |
| Cry for what might have been | 28 |
| "Sorry to say ..." | 28 |
| "Sad to say . . ." | 28 |
| "It's a pity!" | 28 |
| Dignified "shucks!" | 29 |
| "Regrettably ..." | 27 |
| "C'est la vie" | 28 |
| ''Too bad!'' | 28 |
| "Such a pity" | 23 |
| 'Sad to say, ...' | 25 |
| Statement of resignation | 24 |
| Start of a phrase of regret | 27 |
| "What a pity" | 23 |
| "'Tis a shame" | 28 |
| "___, poor Yorick" | 28 |
| "Such a shame" | 24 |
| "Sorry to say" | 24 |
| ''Oh, me!'' | 27 |
| ''Dear me!'' | 28 |
| It's said pitifully | 23 |
| Interjection of dejection | 25 |
| Expression of unhappiness | 25 |
| Expression of resignation | 25 |
| Exclamation of resignation | 26 |
| As bad luck would have it | 25 |
| "Unfortunately..." | 28 |
| "Sad to say" | 22 |
| "Oh me, oh my" | 24 |
| "How unfortunate!" | 28 |
| "Gracious me!" | 24 |
| "Dear, dear" | 22 |
| "Dear, dear!" | 23 |
| ''Oh, dear!'' | 29 |
| Word to a skull, mayhaps? | 25 |
| Resignation exclamation | 23 |
| Poor Yorick's word | 22 |
| Old-style "Bummer!" | 29 |
| Lamenter's comment | 22 |
| Dramatically sighed word | 24 |
| Cry from the heartbroken | 24 |
| "Woe be unto me!" | 27 |
| "What a bummer!" | 26 |
| "Unhappily ..." | 25 |
| "That's so sad" | 29 |
| "Sorry to say..." | 27 |
| "Sad to say..." | 25 |
| "Poor pitiful me!" | 28 |
| "Oh, what a world!" | 29 |
| "Just my luck!" | 25 |
| "Ah, well ..." | 24 |
| "'Tis a pity!" | 28 |
| 'Sad to tell, ...' | 26 |
| ''Oh, woe!'' | 28 |
| ''Oh dear!'' | 28 |