| Medieval stringed instrument found in "lyre beckons" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Mar 2026 |
| Becky about to drop old fiddle (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jan 2026 |
| Half of disc features live instrument |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Beer spilt about medieval instrument (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Becky about to drop old fiddle (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 May 2025 |
| Medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin |
Mirror Quiz |
12 May 2025 |
| Medieval instrument, usually with three strings, played by a bow (5) |
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| Spilled beer on top of costly medieval instrument (5) |
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| Medieval stringed instrument of the lute family having a pear-shaped body and three strings tuned a fifth apart (5) |
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| A novel not about a medieval instrument (5) |
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| Old viol, once berated, only partly on the rise (5) |
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| Becky about to leave old fiddle (5) |
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| Medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Be in park having stringed instrument (5) |
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| Old instrument to be buried in sports ground |
The Guardian Quiptic |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Rue absence, occasionally missing old instrument |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Oct 2023 |
| In miniature, because an instrument |
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| In miniature, because an instrument |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Something played live in playing field |
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| It's in there because in the past it had strings attached! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Medieval stringed instrument |
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| Old stringed instrument |
The Times Concise |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Medieval musical instrument, usually with three strings |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Beer spilt about medieval instrument |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Forerunner of the violin |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Lute-like instrument |
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| Lute-like instrument |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Bowed string instrument of medieval times |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Fiddle restaurant expenses, being extremely careful to have only a starter in each |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Old instrument providing backing for popular reggae and superb dance music |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Lute-like instrument |
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| Pear-shaped fiddle |
Universal |
20 Oct 2015 |
| Renaissance fiddle |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2015 |
| One of the viols – who'd mutiny with base doubled? |
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| Pear-shaped fiddle |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Old music-maker‘s |
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| Something to restore, because it's an old instrument |
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| Old instrument has gone into fire – be careful! |
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| Pear-shaped fiddle |
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| Pear-shaped fiddle |
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| Medieval stringed instrument |
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| Violin's predecessor |
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| Violin ancestor |
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| Medieval stringed instrument |
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| Medieval violin-like instrument |
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| Medieval violin-like instrument |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Violin's predecessor |
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| Old stringed instrument with a narrow body |
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| Medieval fiddle |
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| Renaissance stringed instrument |
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| Early violin cousin |
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| Medieval instrument |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Violin precursor |
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| Fiddle of yore |
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| Renaissance instrument |
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| Medieval violin |
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| Renaissance instrument |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Medieval stringed instrument |
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| Medieval instrument |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Violin ancestor |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Medieval stringed instrument |
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| Old stringed instrument |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Early violin |
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| Fiddle of yore |
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| Stringed instrument |
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| Renaissance strings |
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| Pear-shaped fiddle |
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| Old viol |
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| Instrument superseded by the viol |
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| Instrument of old |
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| Fiddle, of old |
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| Medieval instrument |
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| Pear-shaped instrument |
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| Old fiddle |
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| Lute's cousin |
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| Old stringed instrument |
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| Precursor of a violin |
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| Lute's kin |
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| Violin's predecessor |
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| Violin precursor |
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| Middle Ages instrument |
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| Violin forerunner |
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| Old instrument |
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| Violin's precursor |
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| Ancient instrument |
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| Fiddle's ancestor |
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| Early stringed instrument |
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| Violin's kin |
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| Violin's ancestor |
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| Renaissance fiddle |
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| Violin's sire |
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| Medieval instrument |
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| Violin progenitor |
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| Antique stringed instrument |
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| Old minstrel's instrument |
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| Viol ancestor |
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| Pear-shaped instrument |
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| Viol's ancestor |
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| Early fiddle |
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| Early viol |
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| Old instrument. |
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| Viol's progenitor. |
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| Ancient stringed instrument. |
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| Predecessor of the viol. |
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| Early viol. |
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| Early violin. |
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| Early stringed instrument. |
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| Ancient violin. |
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| Ancestor of the viol. |
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| Old-time violin. |
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| Violin's ancestor. |
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| Early violin |
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| 16th cen. violin. |
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| Medieval stringed instrument. |
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| Violin of Middle Ages. |
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| Earliest form of violin. |
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| Old-time instrument. |
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| Old violin. |
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| Old stringed instrument. |
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| Early violin |
New York Times |
15 Feb 1942 |