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noun • a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece | ||||||||
| 22% | 5 | Plaintive cry | ||||||
noun • the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) verb • talk whiningly • cry plaintively | ||||||||
| 22% | 7 | Plaintive; melancholy | ||||||
adjective • resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy adjective satellite • expressing sorrow often for something past | ||||||||
Plaintive Woodwind Crossword Clue
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OBOE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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OBOE
Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times17 Jun 2003 | Across 37 | |
| New York Times23 Sep 1987 | Across 14 | |
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