| Play casually, say |
New York Times |
15 May 2026 |
| Play guitar chords |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2026 |
| Play (a guitar) with the fingers |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Jan 2026 |
| Play guitar |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2026 |
| Play, as a guitar |
Commuter |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Use a pick on |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Take your pick and play |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Play a guitar with strokes of the hand (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Nov 2025 |
| Play rhythm guitar |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2025 |
| Play (a guitar, eg) |
The Times Concise |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Play, as a guitar |
Commuter |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Gently play, as a guitar |
New York Times Mini |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Play, as a guitar |
New York Times Mini |
08 Sep 2025 |
| Pull some strings? |
Universal |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Play, as a guitar |
Commuter |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Play a banjo |
Universal |
24 Jul 2025 |
| The little saint shows spirit but can't play too well (5) |
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| What a musician might do instead of picking |
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| Play a ukulele |
Universal |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Casually play a guitar (5) |
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| Play a guitar |
Universal |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Use a plectrum |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2025 |
| Casually play some friend's trumpet (5) |
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| Pull some strings on a guitar |
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| Play lightly |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Seat vacated at opening of weird play |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Play a banjo |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Play a dulcimer |
USA Today |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Stroke, as a guitar |
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| Play a guitar |
Commuter |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Superintends spirit to play unskilfully? (5) |
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| Stroke guitar strings, eg |
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| Strange way to start to play strings (5) |
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| Play, as a mandolin |
New York Times Mini |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Play a guitar ... |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Play a guitar with a sweeping motion (5) |
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| Play with spirit on the street (5) |
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| Stroke strings |
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| Play a guitar |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Play a guitar, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Sweep one's hand or a plectrum across (strings) |
The Times Concise |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Play, as a banjo |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Idly play a guitar (5) |
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| Pluck guitar strings (5) |
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| Play the guitar idly (5) |
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| Pull some strings? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Apt word found in "instrument" |
Universal |
18 Jul 2024 |
| ... good man suspect's axe stroke |
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| Play the banjo |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Sound the strings from the very first rumblings (5) |
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| Sound the strings of this trumpet section? (5) |
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| Stroke (guitar) |
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| Play a guitar, say |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 May 2024 |
| Rhythm from the street was strange (5) |
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| Play a mandolin |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2024 |
| Play, as a ukulele |
New York Times |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Play a banjo |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Play, like a guitar |
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| Play for a drink on the street |
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| Play a ukulele |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2024 |
| Play a banjo |
LA Times Mini |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Play some instrument (5) |
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| Play a lute |
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| The little saint shows spirit only to play badly |
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| Play a guitar |
Premier Sunday |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Play guitar in a way that's unusual (5) |
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| Stroke a guitar |
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| Play unskilfully |
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| Play some instruments |
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| Play for a drink on the street (5) |
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| Play the guitar or one's trumpet part |
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| What guitarists do (5) |
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| Guitar-playing action (5) |
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| The saint shows spirit to play so badly |
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| Play a guitar |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Make some dulcimer music |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Play a guitar piece from instrumental (5) |
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| Play a ukulele |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Play, as a ukulele |
Universal |
02 Sep 2023 |
| Make some balalaika music |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Sound the strings? |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Work with a pick and an ax? |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Play the banjo |
Universal |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Use a pick, perhaps |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2023 |
| Play a guitar casually |
The Times Concise |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Play the banjo |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Play a guitar lightly |
Universal |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Play idly, as a guitar |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Play the banjo |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Play, as a banjo |
Thomas Joseph |
12 May 2022 |
| Play, as a guitar |
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| Play the banjo |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Neither bow nor pick |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Neither bow nor pick |
|
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| Make music with one's fingers |
Family Time |
02 Aug 2021 |
| During chorus, trumpeters play strings |
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| Lightly play the guitar |
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| Play the guitar, say |
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| Play, as a banjo |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Play guitar with your fingers |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Play the banjo |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Pull some strings on a guitar |
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| Word hidden in 'instrument' |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Play a ukulele, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Sweep a thumb across |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Play the banjo |
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| Pull some strings? |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Play mindlessly |
Universal |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Play with strings |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2020 |
| Play with strings |
|
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| Strike a chord, in a way |
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| Play guitar |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Dec 2019 |
| Play the guitar, in a way |
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| Strike a chord, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Nov 2019 |
| Play lightly, as a guitar |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2019 |
| Play lightly, as a guitar |
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| Use a pick, perhaps |
USA Today |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Play (a guitar) |
The Times Concise |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Lightly play the guitar |
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| Strike a chord |
The Guardian Speedy |
04 Aug 2019 |
| Play a ukulele |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Play, as a guitar |
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| Play with a plectrum |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Dec 2018 |
| Odd way to lead, as Joe would for The Clash? |
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| Play idly, as a guitar |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Play the guitar casually |
|
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| Doodle on the guitar |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Doodle on the guitar |
|
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| Play chords, perhaps |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2018 |
| Make some dulcimer music |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Play guitar chords |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2018 |
| Play, as a guitar |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2018 |
| Play guitar |
Universal |
21 Mar 2018 |
| Play a guitar |
Family Time |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Make some dulcimer music |
|
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| Play idly, as a guitar |
|
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| Doodle on the guitar |
|
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| Play chords, perhaps |
|
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| Play with a plectrum |
|
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| Play with strings |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2017 |
| Play a guitar |
Universal |
06 Jun 2017 |
| What you would do with a guitar (rhymes with gum) |
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| Play, as a ukulele |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Play guitar chords |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2017 |
| Play, as a guitar |
New York Times |
13 Feb 2017 |
| Play in street with spirit |
|
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| Play with strings |
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| Play, as a guitar |
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Play guitar in odd way? Just the opposite |
|
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| Play, as a guitar |
Premier Sunday |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Street with strange sort of sound |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Play some chords, perhaps |
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| Play with your fingers |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Sep 2016 |
| Play a banjo |
Newsday |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Turkey outwardly puts up, say, some pluck |
|
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| Play the guitar, in a way |
Universal |
09 Mar 2016 |
| Casually play (on a stringed instrument) |
The Times Concise |
18 Jan 2016 |
| This trumpeter shows one way to play an instrument |
|
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| Play a guitar casually |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Play a banjo |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2015 |
| Play the banjo |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Oct 2015 |
| Play (guitar) casually |
The Times Concise |
14 Aug 2015 |
| Play with sweep of hand |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 May 2015 |
| Outcome of digital interaction with strings |
|
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| A way to play |
|
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| Choose not to pick? |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Play, as a mandolin |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2015 |
| Play a guitar, in a way |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Play a guitar, in a way |
|
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| Play a guitar casually |
|
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| Choose not to pick? |
|
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| Play lightly, as a guitar |
|
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| Play, as a ukulele |
|
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| Choose not to pick? |
|
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| Play, as a mandolin |
|
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| Play a banjo |
|
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| Play a banjo |
|
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| Opt not to pick? |
|
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| Play the balalaika |
|
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| Use a plectrum |
|
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| Pull strings? |
|
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| Play, as a ukulele |
|
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| Play, as a banjo |
|
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| Tickle strings |
|
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| Brush strings |
|
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| Play a banjo |
|
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| Make like a banjoist |
|
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| Doodle on the guitar |
|
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| Show some pluck? |
|
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| Not be picky with a guitar? |
|
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| Make a banjo heard |
|
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Fiddle with a lute, say |
|
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| Use a pick, perhaps |
|
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| Play the guitar |
|
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| Not be picky with a guitar? |
|
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| Act the troubadour |
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| Noodle on a banjo |
|
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| Act the troubadour |
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| Play, as chords |
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| Dabble on the uke |
|
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| Pick alternative |
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| Play a uke |
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| Play a ukulele |
|
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| Play guitar chords |
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| Play lightly, as a guitar |
|
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| Play, as a mandolin |
|
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| Alternative to picking, as a guitar |
|
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| Act the harpist |
|
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| Pick alternative |
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| Play, as a zither |
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| Use a pick |
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| Play with a brushing motion |
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| Play, as a guitar |
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| Play lightly |
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| Play a guitar |
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| Play with a brushing motion |
|
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| Play guitar chords |
|
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| Not pick? |
|
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| Finger the strings of |
|
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| Play the guitar, in a way |
|
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| Play the ukulele |
|
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| Not be picky with an instrument? |
|
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| One way to play a guitar |
|
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| Run one's fingers over |
|
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| Choose not to pick? |
|
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| Strike a chord, perhaps |
|
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| Play a balalaika |
|
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| Opt not to pick? |
|
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| Dabble on a uke |
|
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| Play guitar chords |
|
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| Play, as a banjo |
|
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| Play a Stratocaster |
|
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| Play the ukulele, perhaps |
|
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| Dabble on a uke |
|
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| Play guitar chords |
|
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| Play, as a banjo |
|
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| Play guitar |
|
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| Play, as a mandolin |
|
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| Make music, in a way |
|
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| Play chords, possibly |
|
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| Use a pick, say |
|
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| Play lightly |
|
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| Play, as a uke |
|
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| Play lightly |
|
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| Noodle on a banjo |
|
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| Strike a chord? |
|
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| Play, as the ukulele |
|
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Play with your fingers |
|
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| Use a pick, perhaps |
|
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| Tickle, as strings |
|
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| Do some picking |
|
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| Use a pick |
|
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| Hit strings |
|
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| Play the balalaika |
|
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| Run one's fingers over |
|
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| Play the balalaika |
|
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| Play, in a way |
|
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| Play with your fingers |
|
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| Play a banjo |
|
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| Play a guitar lightly |
|
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| Take your pick? |
|
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| Sound some strings |
|
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| Play, in a way |
|
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| Use a pick |
|
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| Play the dulcimer |
|
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| Play guitar |
|
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| Strike a chord? |
|
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| Play guitar |
|
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| Pull strings? |
|
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| Play the lute |
|
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| Play, as a banjo |
|
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| Opt not to pick? |
|
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| Play chords |
|
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| Opt not to pick? |
|
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| Play lightly, as a uke |
|
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| Work strings |
|
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| Play lightly, as a uke |
|
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| Play the ukulele |
|
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| Alternative to picking |
|
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| Play lightly |
|
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| Play guitar, in a way |
|
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| Use a pick, maybe |
|
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| Alternative to picking |
|
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| Play guitar, in a way |
|
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| Pull strings? |
|
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| Play the mandolin |
|
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| Play the guitar, in a way |
|
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| Make music, in a way |
|
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| Banjo beat |
|
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| Sweep the strings |
|
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| Play banjo |
|
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| Make music, in a way |
|
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Play the guitar |
|
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| Play, in a way |
|
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| Noodle on a guitar |
|
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| Sweep the strings |
|
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| Play a banjo |
|
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| Play a Stratocaster |
|
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Play a tune |
|
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| Play the harp |
|
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| Play the banjo |
|
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| Play the balalaika |
|
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| Play a ukulele |
|
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| Play as a mandolin |
|
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| Play a guitar casually |
|
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| Play rhythm guitar |
|
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| Play guitar |
|
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| Play, as a ukulele |
|
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| Play the guitar |
|
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| Pluck a uke |
|
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| Tum-tum |
|
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| Play a mandolin |
|
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| Play a guitar |
|
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| Play a banjo |
|
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| Noodle |
|
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| Play the banjo |
|
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| Suction-pipe strainer |
|
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| Toy with a guitar |
|
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| Tickle the strings |
|
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| Fiddle with a guitar |
|
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| Finger the strings |
|
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| Hum's partner |
|
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| Fiddle with a uke |
|
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| Play idly on |
|
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| Play a ukulele |
|
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| Play on a uke. |
|
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| Use a plectrum. |
|
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| Make music. |
|
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| Play like Elvis. |
|
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| Play a piano unskillfully. |
|
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| Pluck strings. |
|
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| Play a stringed instrument. |
|
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| Strike the guitar. |
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| Play a musical instrument. |
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| Play as on a uke. |
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| Play a banjo. |
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| Old name for Salisbury, England. |
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| Play guitar |
|
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| Play the banjo. |
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| Play the mandolin. |
|
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| Pluck idly on the strings. |
|
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| Play the strings |
|
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| Play a uke. |
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| Pluck strings carelessly. |
|
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| Pluck, as strings. |
|
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| Thrum. |
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| Play a guitar. |
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| Play, as a guitar. |
|
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| Play the uke. |
|
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| Play à la Godfrey. |
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| Sound from a stringed instrument. |
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| Play the ukulele. |
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