Historically, a synonym for “trombone”, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Historically, a synonym for “trombone”, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SACKBUT.

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Crossword Answer For Historically, a synonym for “trombone”, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica:

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SACKBUT Historically, a synonym for “trombone”, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 14, 2018
5% AGO Before now (3)
5% EARLIER Before now (7) LA Times Daily Sep 17, 2025
5% SAD __ trombone (3) LA Times Daily Sep 7, 2025
4% UNI Prefix that means one (3) The Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
4% FOLLY Knowing about a lot of historic indiscretion (5) The Telegraph Toughie Oct 9, 2025
4% BRASSES Trumpets and trombones, e.g. (7) Wall Street Journal Sep 30, 2025
4% PRE Prefix that means "before" (3)
4% HEREAFTER From now on (9) Commuter Sep 17, 2025
4% SINCE From then until now (5) The Times Concise Aug 29, 2025

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