Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut featured in New York Times puzzle on May 12, 2026. 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 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TROMBONE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TROMBONE Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut (8) New York Times May 12, 2026
2% MADRIGAL Renaissance song (8) (8) Puzzler May 11, 2026
2% END __ of an era (3) Commuter May 7, 2026
2% XER Reagan-era teen (3) Newsday May 7, 2026
2% ALAIN Harlem Renaissance writer Locke (5) The Atlantic May 2, 2026
2% BYGONE Of an earlier era (6) USA Today May 1, 2026
2% CRTS Flat-screen ancestors (4) Newsday Apr 23, 2026
2% EON Era (3) (3) Mirror Quick Apr 20, 2026
2% APE Copy our ancestor (3) (3) Puzzler Cryptic Apr 17, 2026
2% RETRO Redolent of an earlier era (5) Puzzler Backwords Apr 15, 2026

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