Muse's instrument
The crossword clue "Muse's instrument" is answered by LYRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LYRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYRE answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LYRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LYRE, most used first.
- Ancient stringed instrument - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Apollo's instrument - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Instrument for Orpheus - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Harp's cousin - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Orpheus' instrument - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Stringed instrument - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Erato's instrument - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Greek harp - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
- Orpheus's instrument - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Minstrel's instrument - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Ancient harp - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Early harp - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Ancient Greek instrument - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Harplike instrument - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Bard's instrument - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Harp relative - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Old stringed instrument - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- U-shaped instrument - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Ancient Greek harp - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Ancient harplike instrument - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Ancient instrument - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Orpheus played one - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Erato's symbol. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
- Harp ancestor - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Old instrument - used 7 times, most recently in 1979
- Early instrument with strings - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Hand-held harp - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Instrument for a Muse - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Strings for Orpheus - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Woodwind instrument - OBOE, used 332 times
- Reed instrument - OBOE, used 195 times
- Double-reed instrument - OBOE, used 140 times
- Angel's instrument - HARP, used 61 times
- Minstrel's instrument - LUTE, used 61 times
- Pear-shaped instrument - LUTE, used 61 times
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