"My country ___ . . . " (3 letters)

{ Answer }

TIS

{ Related Clues }

"Here ___"
"Indeedy"
"___ a pity"
"___ the season . . . "
"___ the season ..."
"___ the season ?"
"___ the season"
"___ the season..."
"America" contraction
Carol contraction
Contracted agreement
"___ he season..."
It's in poetry
Las' followers
Musical notes
"My country, ___ . . . "
"My country, ___ of . . . "
Poetic contraction
Polynesian trees
Scale notes
"___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats
Frank McCourt memoir
"My country, ___ of thee"
Notes after las
Old-fashioned contraction
"___ the season to be jolly"
Sequel to "Angela's Ashes"
Third word of "America"
Word that begins with an apostrophe
"___ Me, O Lord" (spiritual)
Moore's "___ the Last Rose of Summer"
"___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia
"___ So Sweet" (gospel song)
" . . . to bed; ___ almost fairy time": Shak.

{ Tags }

america, autumn, be, better, carol, contraction, country, frank, have, jolly, mccourt, memoir, my, notes, poetic, scale, season, 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