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noun • a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together • the vocal organ of a bird | ||||||||
57% | 7 | From the Greek for “pan-pipes”, a genus of lilacs with stems once used as shepherds’ pipes | ||||||
noun • genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs • large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes | ||||||||
32% | 4 | Tuned set of organ pipes | ||||||
noun • the event of something ending • the act of stopping something • a brief stay in the course of a journey • the state of inactivity following an interruption • a spot where something halts or pauses • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations • (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes • a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens • a restraint that checks the motion of something • an obstruction in a pipe or tube verb • come to a halt, stop moving • put an end to a state or an activity • stop from happening or developing • interrupt a trip • cause to end • prevent completion • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of • seize on its way • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical • render unsuitable for passage • stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | ||||||||
From Greek For Pan Pipes The Song Making Organ Of Any One Of The Orniths Described In 16 Across Crossword Clue
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SYRINX which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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Updated: October 12, 2023
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1 | From the Greek for “pan-pipes”, a genus of lilacs with stems once used as shepherds’ pipes
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
14 Jan 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 14 Jan 2023 |
2 | Name working set of organ pipes without pausing
The Guardian Cryptic -
28 Jun 2012 | The Guardian Cryptic / 28 Jun 2012 |
3 | Pan pipes | |
4 | Rank of organ pipes
New York Times -
08 Jan 1983 | New York Times / 08 Jan 1983 |
5 | Set of organ pipes
New York Times -
05 Jan 1985 | New York Times / 05 Jan 1985 |
6 | Tuned set of organ pipes
New York Times -
16 Oct 1981 | New York Times / 16 Oct 1981 |
7 | Used in making organ pipes |