Lyre's cousin

The answer

HARP

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HARP answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HARP

Every other clue in this collection answered by HARP, most used first.

• Angel's instrument - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Angelic instrument - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Plucked instrument - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Heavenly instrument - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Stringed instrument - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Dwell (on) - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Symbol of Ireland - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• 47-stringed instrument - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a lamp - used 8 times, most recently in 1990
• Instrument for a Marx - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Large stringed instrument - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Musical instrument. - used 7 times, most recently in 1972
• King David's instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Many-stringed instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Marx instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Nag - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

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• Clarinet cousin - OBOE, used 92 times
• Bigfoot's cousin - YETI, used 91 times
• Tony's cousin - OBIE, used 74 times
• Frog's cousin - TOAD, used 66 times
• Bassoon cousin - OBOE, used 47 times

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