The Third Man’s theme tune is played on this instrument Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The Third Man’s theme tune is played on this instrument 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 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ZITHER.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ZITHER The Third Man’s theme tune is played on this instrument (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Oct 29, 2023
6% SEP Third qtr.'s end (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2025
6% OBOE Orchestra-tuning instrument (4) New York Times Dec 16, 2025
5% SHARP Small stringed instrument imperfectly tuned (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 10, 2026
5% ENOS Third Genesis man to make it to 900 (4) Newsday Jan 10, 2026
5% ENDRUNS Certain football plays, and a theme hint (7) Universal Jan 9, 2026
5% POLKA Oktoberfest tune (5) Newsday Jan 7, 2026
5% SONG Vocal tune (4) Newsday Jan 6, 2026
5% GUITAR Classic musical instrument with six strings, which can be finely tuned just like tuning 2025's five up to a six for 2026 (6)
5% SALUTING Welcoming South American playing old instrument (8) The Times Cryptic Dec 25, 2025

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