Big brass
The crossword clue "Big brass" is answered by TUBA, a 4-letter entry. Used 69 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TUBA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TUBA answer page.
Used 69 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GENERALS (2 uses in xd)
- BASSTUBA (1 uses in xd)
- SABUT (1 uses in xd)
- SOUSAPHONE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TUBA
Every other clue in this collection answered by TUBA, most used first.
- Big brass instrument - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Hefty horn - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Marching band instrument - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Brass instrument - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Big horn - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Oompah instrument - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
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- Big fusses - ADOS, used 111 times
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- "What's the big ___?" - IDEA, used 93 times
- Big bash - GALA, used 90 times
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