Ancient stringed instruments
The crossword clue "Ancient stringed instruments" is answered by LYRES, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LYRES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYRES answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- PSALTERIES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LYRES
Every other clue in this collection answered by LYRES, most used first.
- Ancient harps - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ancient instruments - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Stringed instruments - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Harp ancestors - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Harp's ancestors - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Minstrels' instruments - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Old harps - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Ancient Greek region - IONIA, used 59 times
- Ancient Greek colony - IONIA, used 58 times
- Stringed instrument - VIOLA, used 51 times
- Ancient artifact - RELIC, used 49 times
- Ancient marketplace - AGORA, used 49 times
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