Old instrument comes before a modern one (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% VIOLA Old instrument comes before a modern one (5) (5)
7% ERE Before, in old odes (3) LA Times Daily Mar 31, 2026
7% STAND Instruction that comes before "deliver" (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 20, 2026
7% UTTER What might come before chaos? (5) The Atlantic Mar 9, 2026
7% NIGEL What comes before Farage? (5) The Telegraph Plusword Feb 25, 2026
7% LUTE Old stringed instrument (4) Universal Feb 15, 2026
7% TOO It may come before long (3) The Atlantic Feb 6, 2026
6% PRE Before (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Apr 9, 2026
6% MID Mediocre, in modern lingo (3) New York Times Midi Apr 7, 2026
6% SHAWM Medieval wind instrument; an ancestor of the modern oboe (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Apr 6, 2026
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