Oboist's need
The crossword clue "Oboist's need" is answered by REED, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
REED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REED answer page.
Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for REED
Every other clue in this collection answered by REED, most used first.
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- Oboe insert - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Clarinet insert - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Marsh growth - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
- Clarinet part - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Film critic Rex - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Marsh grass - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Swamp thing - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Clarinetist's need - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Swamp stalk - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Oboe part - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Marsh stalk - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Cattail - used 24 times, most recently in 2015
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