"___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia (3 letters)

{ Answer }

TIS

{ Related Clues }

"___ a pity"
"___ the season . . . "
"___ the season ..."
"___ the season"
"___ the season..."
" . . . ___ of thee"
"America" contraction
Bard's contraction
Carol contraction
Common contraction
Las' followers
Poetic contraction
Poetic word
Poets' word
Polynesian trees
Rejoinder to "'tain't!"
"That so?" reply
"___ Autumn," 1941 song
"My country" follower
"My country, ___ of thee"
Third word of "America"
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn"
Word that begins with an apostrophe
1999 best-selling memoir

{ Tags }

america, autumn, be, carol, contraction, country, frank, jolly, loved, mccourt, memoir, my, notes, poetic, scale, season, taint, thee, third, tis, word

{ Notes }

The answer TIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TI as a noun:

1. (titanium, Ti, atomic number 22) = a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

2. (ti, Cordyline terminalis) = shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii

3. (ti, te, si) = the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization