Clues for the word "ORCHESTRA"
We've had 69 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 82 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on October 17, 2025.
Definition of orchestra
- n. - The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.
- n. - The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.
- n. - Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.
- n. - Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
- n. - A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.
- n. - The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
Referring Clues
- Theater seating choice
- Musical group, or a hint to the ends of 20-, 37- and 52-Across
- It has strings by the score
- Theater section
- Boston Pops, e.g.
- Maestro's charge
- Symphonic ensemble
- Symphony performer
- Large group of musicians
- Short race arranged for musicians
- Her actors become musicians
- Large band playing classical music
- Theatre area for musicians
- LSO, for example
- Musicians in a pit?
- Her co-star excited a lot of players
- Horse and cart transport for the players
- Brass, woodwind, strings and percussion
- Play group with an active use for a carthorse
- Players reported to be banned?
- An awful chore, dressing the star dancer and musicians
- I'm leaving choir master to sort out the musicians
- Trunk kept in old car by amateur players
- Group of players or front running athletic starters
- She's nervous in court among odd Scottish players
- Carthorse (anag)
- Beethoven's Fifth creators, possibly
- Pit workers possibly round river front - god!
- Musicians
- Gold box used by painters and musicians
- Pit workers with soldiers joining revolutionary's art movement
- Phil, some say, a royal playing for Liverpool
- Short race organised for a play group
- Common soldiers box artists or musicians
- Soldiers (gunners) capture treasury - a noteworthy group
- Band
- Many players may be found in the porch, estranged
- Her co-star upset the players
- Carrots he chopped up as an accompaniment?
- Sun lights (top to bottom) leading players
- Company for pitmen's frisky 6 11
- Partly scorches tray-cloth, just the band
- Players almost score
- Rector has problem with musicians
- Her co-star played in band
- Band of gold artist put round box
- Players with gold casket presented to ancient sun god
- Porches traditionally providing shelter for band
- Group of players running short race
- Archers to get rewritten as players ensemble
- Its members should know the score
- Band in chart rose, surprisingly
- Band playing Hart score
- Has rector involved a group of musicians?
- Her co-star upset big band
- Love playing Chartres in big band
- Band playing Ireland, say
- Carothers formed a band
- Group of players in short race out of shape
- Musical version of 24 23
- Bust into alternative artist's group that'll 8 1s
- Musical group, possibly retro, has to tour clubs
- Group of musicians
- Group in a pit
- Ensemble playing the concert
- The Boston Pops, for one
- Symphony
- Huge musical group
- Certain concert performer
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - October 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 05, 2025
- Family Time - November 18, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 03, 2024
- Family Time - September 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 07, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 08, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 01, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 25, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - April 16, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 05, 2023
- Your Life Choices - March 04, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - June 13, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - November 21, 2017
- Your Life Choices - September 17, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - April 25, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - April 05, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - April 02, 2017
- Guardian Quick - March 22, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - August 26, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 20, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2016
- Guardian Quick - February 16, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - October 12, 2015
- Guardian Quick - September 21, 2015
- Guardian Quick - August 13, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - June 21, 2015
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