Plaintive reed instrument Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OBOE Plaintive reed instrument (4) USA Today May 12, 2020
4% CLARINET Reed instrument (8) The Times Concise Nov 6, 2025
3% ACCORDION Portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family (9) (9) Mirror Quiz Dec 3, 2025
3% PIANOACCORDION Musical instrument, technically a free reed aerophone (14) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 23, 2025
3% MEW Feline's plaintive cry (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 19, 2025
2% DEER Buck cast up reed (4) (4) Mirror Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
2% ORGANSTOP Church instrument's knob (9) Newsday Jan 7, 2026
2% PIANO "Grand" instrument (5)
2% SITARS Indian instruments (6) Eugene Sheffer Jan 6, 2026
2% LOUS Singers Reed and Rawls (4) LA Times Daily Jan 4, 2026

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