Clues for the word "LYRE"
We've had 175 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 540 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 13, 2026.
Definition of lyre
- n. - A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
- n. - One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
Referring Clues
- Soothing instrument
- Orpheus' instrument
- U-shaped instrument
- Instrument on a Greek vase
- Apollo played it
- Harp's cousin
- Instrument said to have been invented by Hermes
- It's plucked
- Muse's instrument
- Greek singer accompaniment
- Orpheus's instrument
- Instrument for Orpheus
- Instrument for a Muse
- It has curved arms
- Apollo's plaything?
- Epic poet's prop
- Invention of Hermes, supposedly
- Symbol of Apollo
- Ancient harp
- Ancient Greek instrument
- Cousin of a harp
- Instrument made of turtle shell
- Greek harp
- Recitation accompanier
- Instrument that's plucked
- Apollo's instrument
- Stringed instrument of old
- Harplike instrument
- Harp relative
- Ancient stringed instrument
- Hand-held harp
- Instrument for a perjurer?
- Instrument for Orpheus or Sappho
- Plucked instrument
- Instrument of Orpheus
- Instrument played by Orpheus
- Instrument created by Hermes, in myth
- Instrument in a U-shaped frame
- U-shaped musical instrument
- Erato's instrument
- Classical instrument
- Instrument that's strummed
- Stringed instrument
- Instrument played with a plectrum
- Erato's instrument, in some depictions
- Zither's cousin
- It's played with a plectrum
- Kithara's little cousin
- Stringed instrument of yore
- Instrument made with a turtle shell
- Instrument of ancient Greece
- Old Greek stringed instrument
- Instrument in ancient Greek art
- Kithara relative
- Bard's instrument
- Minstrel's strings
- Marching band's music holder
- Ancient Greek harp
- Hermes' invention, in myth
- Hermes creation
- Ancient instrument
- Ancient string instrument
- Ancient musical instrument
- Guitar's early relative
- Old stringed instrument
- Harp forerunner
- Orpheus played one
- Greek cousin of the harp
- Lute relative
- Classical stringed instrument
- ___-back chair
- Greek instrument
- Ancient strings
- Ancient string
- Old harp
- Homer's instrument
- Marching band music holder
- Harp
- Early instrument with strings
- Ancient stringed instrument you shouldn't trust?
- Early harp
- Harp's kin
- Harp's ancestor
- Muse's strings
- Muse's harp
- Muse's music maker
- Muse's musicmaker
- Guitar's ancestor
- Old in-strument
- 1-Down's kin
- Orpheus played it
- Harp cousin
- Instrument in some old paintings
- Harp ancestor
- ___ arm (Victorian sofa feature)
- Orpheus' strings
- Ancient harplike instrument
- Deceptive-sounding instrument?
- Apollo plucked it
- Harp kin
- Harp of yore
- Harp or yore
- Yoked instrument
- Harp's old cousin
- What Orpheus plucked
- Strings for Orpheus
- Old string instrument
- Harp's older cousin
- Old instrument played with a plectrum
- Harp's relative
- Strings of yore
- Erato played one
- Its tones were analyzed by Pythagoras
- Harp relative of old
- Part of Steinway's logo
- Apollo's strings
- Early stringed instrument
- Minstrel's instrument
- Harp's smaller cousin
- Instrument for an angel
- Guitar ancestor
- Apollo's stringed instrument
- Harp of old
- Old plucked strings
- Shell, to old poets
- Cithara relative
- Harp ancester
- Instrument similar to a harp
- Instrument
- Guitar's kin
- Old strings
- Ancient harp-like instrument
- Instrument required by Simply Red
- Instrument taken in extremely recently
- Old stringed instrument from hilly region
- Harp, of long ago
- Old Greek instrument
- Old instrument some finally retuned
- Strings articulating Pinocchio?
- Old musical instrument
- Instrument not a provider of accurate information, we hear
- It can be played in early retirement
- The sound of Ananias's instrument?
- Sound of sinner's instrument
- Strummed instrument
- Instrument common in King David's court
- Ancient Greek stringed instrument
- Storyteller picked up old instrument
- Instrument used by Simply Red
- Old instrument
- Instrument used in early recordings
- Ancient string instrument with curved arms
- Amphion's instrument
- Way-old stringed instrument
- Musical instrument
- Homophone of 18-Across
- Stringed instrument of long ago
- Grecian instrument
- Heavenly instrument
- Old harp relative
- Old instrument similar to a harp
- Antique harp
- String instrument of old
- Harp's ancient relative
- Sounds a liar, but worth a hearing
- Harp's littler ancestor
- Harp's older kin
- Instrument depicted on Keats' gravestone
- U-shaped stringed instrument
- Zither relative
- Instrument created by Hermes from a tortoise shell
- Zither kin
- Ancient harp relative
- Relative of a zither
- Musical instrument in Orpheus mosaics
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 13, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 29, 2026
- Daily American - April 27, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 27, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 18, 2026
- New York Times - March 08, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 09, 2026
- Daily American - January 06, 2026
- Daily American - December 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 21, 2025
- LA Times - October 15, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2025
- LA Times - September 11, 2025
- LA Times - August 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 06, 2025
- Daily American - July 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 08, 2025
- New York Times - June 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 28, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 11, 2025
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