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OBOE

313 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-06-27Light wind?
2026-06-19Instrument usually pitched in C
2026-06-01Thin woodwind
2026-05-25Orchestral woodwind
2026-04-15Musical instrument whose second syllable sounds like a part of other musical instruments
2026-01-11Woodwind related to the cor anglais
2025-12-17Yamaha product
2025-12-16Orchestra-tuning instrument
2025-12-15Orchestral woodwind
2025-12-07The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
2025-10-14Instrument similar to a heckelphone
2025-09-08Thin woodwind
2025-07-10Heckelphone relative
2025-06-12Orchestra tuner
2025-04-23Instrument whose name is 75% vowels
2025-03-17Double-reed woodwind
2025-01-22Thin woodwind
2025-01-06Cousin of a clarinet
2025-01-05Prominent instrument in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe"
2024-11-04Double-reed woodwind
2024-09-10Orchestra woodwind
2024-09-07Relative of a heckelphone
2024-08-08Orchestra tuner
2024-06-02Instrument with a vowel-heavy name
2024-05-06Orchestra woodwind
2024-04-17Orchestra part
2024-03-13"O," in W.W. II radio lingo
2024-02-12Long, cylindrical instrument
2024-02-01Instrument with a bell
2023-11-10Hautbois, en anglais
2023-11-02Thin woodwind
2023-10-22Relative of a musette
2023-10-16Orchestra woodwind
2023-10-08It has 45 keys
2023-08-30her prized ___.
2023-07-25Instrument sometimes confused with a clarinet
2023-07-13A woodwind
2023-06-01Relative of a cor anglais
2023-05-14It "sounds like a clarinet with a cold," per Victor Borge
2023-05-07Instrument in Joan Tower's "Island Prelude"
2023-04-14Heckelphone relative
2023-03-28Orchestra-tuning instrument
2023-03-22Instrument prominently heard in both Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe"
2023-01-28Cousin of the Spanish chirimía or Italian piffero
2022-12-21The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
2022-12-04It's used to tune an orchestra
2022-11-20High wind
2022-09-13Reedy woodwind
2022-07-28Instrument with a bell
2022-07-05Orchestral instrument with a bell key
2022-06-29Relative of a cor anglais
2022-05-26Light wind?
2022-04-26Cousin of a bassoon
2022-03-21Reedy wind instrument
2022-03-20Word from the French for "high wood"
2022-03-06It's blown in the winds
2022-02-06The "quail" in Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony
2021-12-09The duck, in "Peter and the Wolf"
2021-11-28Instrument with a solo in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose"
2021-08-18Instrument played by indie rock's Sufjan Stevens
2021-08-13Wind with a three-octave range
2021-07-27Strauss's "Concerto in D Major for ___ and Small Orchestra"
2021-06-22Instrument that an orchestra tunes to
2021-04-14Double-reeded aerophone with keys
2021-04-04Instrument with a flared end
2021-03-19Wind up on the pitch?
2021-03-12One with a solo in Brahms's Symphony No. 1
2021-02-17Relative of a cor anglais
2020-12-17Instrument featured in 36-Across
2020-12-11One of two or three in a typical orchestra
2020-12-09O, in the W.W. II Army/Navy alphabet
2020-11-24Light wind?
2020-11-11Instrument heard in "I Got You, Babe"
2020-11-01Cousin of a clarinet
2020-10-28Orchestra tuner
2020-07-19Reed in a pit
2020-05-23Peter preceder, in a phonetic alphabet
2020-05-18It leads the orchestra in tuning
2020-05-03Instrument from the French for "high wood"
2020-02-24Instrument with a brief solo in Beethoven's Fifth
2020-01-16It has cork and a bell
2019-12-16Slender woodwind
2019-11-15Wind in a pit
2019-10-16Cousin of a bassoon
2019-08-29Letter in the W.W. II phonetic alphabet
2019-08-16Instrument with metal keys
2019-05-19Source of some penetrating notes
2019-03-10Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
2018-11-15Wind in a pit
2018-09-16Instrument whose name sounds like a rebuke of Obama's dog
2018-08-31___ d'amore
2018-08-29Item with a bore and a bell
2018-07-08High wind
2018-07-04Letter before Peter in a phonetic alphabet
2018-05-01One of two to four in a standard orchestra
2018-02-04Its "reeds are a pain / And the fingering's insane," per Ogden Nash
2017-12-05Instrument with cane blades
2017-07-12Relative of a musette
2017-07-05Instrument that an orchestra tunes to
2017-06-08Letter before Peter in the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet
2017-04-14Instrument with octave keys
2017-01-02Orchestra reed
2016-12-29High wind
2016-12-26It's usually behind a viola in an orchestra
2016-12-12Orchestra reed
2016-11-23Musical instrument with a flared end
2016-09-05Double-reed woodwind
2016-07-02Something that may be found in a pit
2016-01-26The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
2016-01-12Instrument that begins an orchestra's tune-up
2015-12-28Slender woodwind
2015-12-09Woodwind descended from the shawm
2015-10-26Instrument whose name means "high wood"
2015-08-19Instrument similar to a cor anglais
2015-08-03Double-reed instrument
2015-06-26High wind
2015-05-29Heckelphone lookalike
2015-04-20Relative of a clarinet
2015-02-26Wind quintet member
2015-01-13Cousin of a bassoon
2014-10-06Cousin of a clarinet
2014-08-10Letter before Peter in a phonetic alphabet
2014-08-05Double-reed woodwind
2014-07-10Cousin of a cor anglais
2014-06-24Instrument that tunes an orchestra
2014-06-18Light wind?
2014-02-25Relative of a bassoon
2014-01-28Slender reed
2013-09-23Instrument used to set the pitch for an orchestra
2013-08-20High wind?
2013-07-09O, in a phonetic alphabet
2013-05-15Conical woodwind
2013-03-29Strauss wrote a concerto in D for it
2013-03-06Instrument called "an ill wind that nobody blows good"
2013-02-11Certain woodwind
2012-10-29Instrument with metal keys
2012-06-17Concerto soloist, perhaps
2012-04-17Double-reeded instrument
2012-04-06Instrument with a bell
2012-04-02Bassoon relative
2012-03-20Cousin of a bassoon
2012-02-12The duck in Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf"
2011-12-12Woodwind able to provide an orchestra's tuning note
2011-11-02Sounder of the tuning note at the start of an orchestra rehearsal
2011-08-23Instrument heard in Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe"
2011-08-17"An ill wind ..." instrument
2011-06-01Cousin of an English horn
2011-04-10Wind in front of a stage
2011-03-09Letter before Peter in an old phonetic alphabet
2011-02-24Instrument for Johann Jacob Bach
2010-12-12A reed
2010-11-02Double-reed woodwind
2010-10-14Member of a pit crew?
2010-07-29High-pitched wind
2010-04-05Melancholy instrument
2010-03-10___ d'amore (instrument)
2010-03-07Wind up on the stage?
2009-11-26Wind in a pit
2009-10-19Double-reed instrument
2009-06-18Cousin of a heckelphone
2009-05-02Kind of reed
2009-04-12"O" in the old Army phonetic alphabet
2009-03-17Instrument held with two hands
2009-01-14Instrument you blow into
2008-11-09Wind in a pit
2008-10-19Wind with a wide range
2008-10-07Cousin of a bassoon
2008-05-31One found in the woods
2008-03-18Double reed
2008-03-16Light wind?
2008-01-13___ d'amore
2007-12-27Poulenc's "Sonata for ___ and Piano"
2007-12-06Certain aerophone
2007-11-05Baby bassoon?
2007-10-25Melancholy woodwind
2007-08-23Letter before Peter in old radio lingo
2007-08-21Double-reed woodwind
2007-07-18Instrument with a conical bore
2007-06-03Radio letter between Nan and Peter
2007-04-08It's blown
2007-03-04One of the winds
2007-01-04Concert wind
2006-08-20Preceder of Peter in a phonetic alphabet
2006-05-05The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
2006-05-03"O" in a phonetic alphabet
2006-04-23Peter and the Wolf's "duck"
2006-04-03See 27-Across
2005-12-05Penetrating wind
2005-11-21Bassoon's little cousin
2005-11-14Double-reed instrument
2005-11-06Wind up on stage?
2005-10-30Tuning note instrument
2005-08-23Cousin of an English horn
2005-07-05Double-reeded woodwind
2005-06-20Slender woodwind
2005-05-01Symphony member
2005-02-15Slender instrument
2005-01-27___ d'amore
2005-01-10Cousin of a bassoon
2004-12-15Cousin of a bassoon
2004-11-10"O" in old radio lingo
2004-11-04Wind up on stage?
2004-11-03Wind that can be piercing
2004-10-21Penetrating reed
2004-08-23Certain woodwind
2004-07-07___ family, including bassoons and English horns
2004-04-18Woodwind
2004-04-05Old radio word for the letter O
2003-11-24Musical instrument that's blown into
2003-10-21Slender instrument
2003-08-05Woodwind
2003-06-17Plaintive woodwind
2003-06-02Relative of an English horn
2003-04-04Certain 55-Across
2003-01-19Orchestra seat
2003-01-05Symphony member
2002-09-10Reed in a pit
2002-06-03Clarinet's kin
2002-05-26It has finger holes
2002-02-20Reed instrument
2002-01-14Woodwind
2001-12-10Instrument played with the mouth
2001-09-30Certain band member
2001-09-24Woodwind
2001-09-19Woodwind instrument
2001-08-27Tubular instrument
2001-05-18Wind in a pit
2001-05-07Long, thin musical instrument
2001-04-23Mitch Miller's instrument
2001-04-01"O" in old radio lingo
2001-01-18Wind instrument
2001-01-04Kin to a clarinet
2000-12-04Woodwind
2000-11-27Cousin of the bassoon
2000-10-08Organ stop
2000-06-08Reed section member
2000-05-15Woodwind
2000-04-24Woodwind
2000-02-09Reed section member
2000-01-21Snake charmer, in musician's slang
1999-12-10Kind of concerto
1999-10-22Concerto instrument
1999-10-10Shawm descendant
1999-09-01Slender reed
1999-08-29"O" in old radio lingo
1999-06-08Long, slender instrument
1999-06-07Double reed
1999-05-10Woodwind
1999-04-20Wind quintet member
1999-04-19Sweet-toned musical instrument
1999-03-22Instrument that's blown into
1999-03-04It's in the winds
1999-02-15Hand-held musical instrument
1998-12-02Double-reed woodwind
1998-08-17Cousin of a bassoon
1998-06-22Woodwind
1998-06-03Philharmonic part
1998-04-23Orchestra part
1998-04-07Bassoon's cousin
1998-03-26Word from the French for "high wood"
1998-01-20Cousin of the English horn
1997-12-28___ d'amore
1997-10-27Clarinet cousin
1997-10-23"O" in old radio lingo
1997-10-14Woodwind
1997-09-30Double-reed instrument
1997-09-22Mitch Miller's instrument
1997-08-04Mitch Miller's instrument
1997-04-20Its pitch is high
1997-03-09Ensemble part
1997-03-06Cousin of a clarinet
1997-02-26Double-reed instrument
1997-02-09Relative of the English horn
1996-12-17Mitch Miller's instrument
1996-07-28Double-reed
1996-05-19___d'amour
1996-04-19Orchestra part
1996-03-29Wide-range reed
1996-03-13"O" to ham operators, once
1996-02-04Kind of pipe
1996-01-15Cousin of the bassoon
1996-01-14Shawm descendant
1996-01-10Melancholy instrument
1995-12-18Hautboy
1995-10-25Sound lower than a flute
1995-09-26Cousin of the English horn
1995-08-22Bassoon relative
1995-08-21Slender instrument
1995-07-23Tubular instrument
1995-06-19Orchestral instrument
1995-06-01O, once, to hams
1995-05-09Relative of the English horn
1995-05-03Woodwind
1995-04-30_____ d'amore (baroque instrument)
1995-02-12Penetrating wind
1995-02-02Mitch Miller's instrument
1995-01-03Cousin of the English horn
1994-12-11The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
1994-11-24Heckelphone
1994-11-09Hautboy
1994-09-28Woodwind
1994-09-26Relative of the heckelphone
1994-08-29Double-reed woodwind
1994-08-12Reed
1994-07-12Woodwind
1994-05-03Mitch Miller's instrument
1994-05-02Woodwind instrument
1994-03-20Tuneful pipe
1994-03-03Philharmonic instrument
1994-02-07Relative of the flute
1994-01-14The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
1994-01-09Organ stop
1993-11-30Literally "high wood"