Cantankerous clarinets and flutes? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CROSSWINDS Cantankerous clarinets and flutes? (10) Wall Street Journal Sep 27, 2023
6% ORNERY Cantankerous (6) Wall Street Journal Sep 10, 2025
6% WOODWINDS Clarinets and flutes (9) Eugene Sheffer Sep 6, 2018
6% WINDS Flutes and Clarinets? (5)
5% OPERA The Magic Flute, e.g. (5) The Atlantic Dec 1, 2025
5% FIFES Flutes in military bands (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 1, 2025
5% MAGIC Flute, mushroom or bullet? (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Nov 26, 2025
5% PARENTHETICALLY Play the clarinet with fiddle as a diversion (15) The Times Cryptic Nov 21, 2025
5% REED Part of a clarinet (4) USA Today Nov 10, 2025
5% OBOES Clarinet kin (5) Newsday Oct 23, 2025

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