Top's come off instrument? Then adaption needed for musical entertainment (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IOLANTHE Top's come off instrument? Then adaption needed for musical entertainment (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic May 27, 2024
72% SEEM Come off as (4) USA Today Jan 25, 2026
69% MOWS Knocks the top off of (4) New York Times Jan 24, 2026
69% DOUBLEBASS Musical instrument (6,4) (10) Mirror Classic Jan 22, 2026
69% TRUMPET Musical instrument (7) (7) Mirror Classic Jan 14, 2026
66% BANJO Instrument associated with bluegrass music (5) The Times Concise Jan 29, 2026
66% SITAR Indian stringed musical instrument (5) Puzzler Backwords Jan 14, 2026
66% SUBSETS Brass and woodwind are ____ of musical instruments (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 4, 2026
66% OBOE Double-reeded musical instrument (4) The Times Concise Jan 2, 2026
66% SWELTER Need to cool off (7) Universal Dec 16, 2025

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