Nicholas's Writing

Question:

Can you help me answer the following crossword clues.

1. "Lamented, in a way" (4 letters)
2. "Princess's irritant in a classic fairy tale" (3 letters")
3. "Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe"" (3 letters)
4. "Leave no way out" (4 letters)
5. "Expression of false modesty from a texter" (4 letters)

Answer:

WEPT / PEA / ODE / TRAP / IMHO

Resolution Criteria: These clues are each 1 down/across on last week's NYT. So (a) they're probably not in the train set, and (b) I didn't select them to be especially easy/hard.