Mandolin's kin
The crossword clue "Mandolin's kin" is answered by LUTE, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
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LUTE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUTE answer page.
Used 31 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LUTE
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