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adjective • (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone noun • a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds • (music) low loudness adverb • used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly | ||||
| 47% | 6 | Based on Edgar Allan Poe's quote: "The ******ians, back when Boston was a puritan stronghold" | ||
noun • state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services | ||||
| 27% | 6 | Loud instruments or quiet instruments? | ||
noun • a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown • a tall narrow wineglass • a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) verb • form flutes in | ||||
Instruments For Ians Op Set Out
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PIANOS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
PIANOS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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