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Oboe Or Sax Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is REED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
229%7 Person who plays the alto sax
329%11 Invented by Adolphe Sax in the 19th century

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We think the answer is "REED" which means:

    noun
  • • United states journalist who reported on the october revolution from petrograd in 1917; founded the communist labor party in america in 1919; is buried in the kremlin in moscow (1887-1920)
  • • Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera arundo and phragmites
  • • A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
  • • United states physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
  • • A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
  • verb
  • • To thatch.
  • • To mill or mint with reeding.
  • • To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
  • • To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.
  • • To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The musician played a haunting tune on his reed instrument."
  • • "The marsh was filled with tall reeds swaying in the breeze."

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