Clues for the word "TENOR"
We've had 339 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 827 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 25, 2024.
Definition of tenor
- n. - A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.
- n. - That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- n. - Stamp; character; nature.
- n. - An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- n. - The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.
- n. - A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Referring Clues
- Caruso was one
- Jose Carreras, for one
- Don Jose, in "Carmen"
- Voice above baritone
- Drift
- Purport
- Domingo, for one
- Pavarotti, e.g.
- Alfredo, in "La Traviata"
- Verdi's Alfredo Germont, e.g.
- Male caroler, maybe
- Luciano Pavarotti, e.g.
- Barbershop figure
- There's one in 55-Across
- One of a traveling musical trio
- Soprano's counterpart
- Riccardo, in "Un Ballo in Maschera"
- Pavarotti or Carreras
- A chorus line
- Overall sense
- Kind of horn
- Pinkerton in "Madama Butterfly"
- ___ sax
- Andrea Bocelli, for one
- Pavarotti, notably
- Pinkerton, in "Madama Butterfly," e.g.
- Lowish voice
- Top man in the choir?
- 114-Across, e.g.
- Lohengrin, for one
- Tone
- Wagner's Tannhäuser, e.g.
- Kind of sax
- Pavarotti, for one
- Faust, e.g.
- Voice above a baritone
- Sax type
- Voice below alto
- Pavarotti or Domingo
- Barbershop member
- Ferruccio Tagliavini, for one
- Boy's voice
- Caruso, for one
- High male voice
- Andrea Bocelli, notably
- Opera hero, usually
- Barbershop quartet member
- Male choir member
- High choir voice
- Choir voice
- Male voice range
- Saxophone range
- Third part of four-part harmony
- Range of some saxophones
- Pavarotti is one
- Choir member
- General meaning
- Saxophone type
- Substance
- Gist
- Rodolfo in "La Bohème," e.g.
- Sax range
- Type of sax played by Bill Clinton
- General drift
- Opera hero, often
- Voice higher than baritone
- Hymn part
- "Nessun dorma" singer
- Domingo, e.g.
- Male voice
- Voice range
- Male singing voice
- Train of thought
- Male operatic voice
- Enrico Caruso, for one
- Chorus member
- Vocal range
- Don Jose, in "Carmen"
- Course of thought
- Meaning
- One of a singing trio
- Baritone's little brother
- Caruso or Carreras, e.g.
- Kind of saxophone
- Caruso, among others
- Highest natural adult male voice
- Carreras or Domingo
- "Danny Boy" singer, often
- Voice between alto and baritone
- Bocelli's range
- Covent Garden vocalist
- Carlo Bergonzi, e.g.
- Jan Peerce, e.g.
- Certain voice range
- Caruso, notably
- Jussi Bjorling, notably
- Caruso, e.g.
- Placido Domingo, for one
- Pervading tone
- 1 Down performer, often
- Julio Iglesias, for one
- Barbershop quartet voice
- Caruso or Domingo
- Choir male, often
- Bocelli or Domingo
- Met performer
- A chorus line?
- Verdi's Otello, for one
- Pavarotti was one
- Opera hero's range, often
- Low voice
- Pavarotti or Domingo, e.g.
- Choir part
- Man in the choir
- Opera voice
- It's above bass
- Pavarotti's range
- Bocelli, for one
- Opera singer
- Carreras, for one
- Met male
- Operatic male
- Male chorus member
- Barbershop need
- Doo wop part
- Tannhäuser, for one
- Bocelli or Domingo, e.g.
- Basic drift
- Type of saxophone
- Andrea Bocelli, e.g.
- Highest adult male voice
- Aria singer, at times
- Baritone colleague
- Chorale member
- Kind of sax or singer
- Word from the Latin for "hold"
- Don José in "Carmen," e.g.
- Quartet member
- Mario Lanza, for one
- Vibe
- Opera's Mario Lanza, for one
- Otello portrayer, e.g.
- Sax for Getz or Coltrane
- Caruso, famously
- Range for Don José in "Carmen"
- Pavarotti or Caruso
- Doo-wop group member
- Sax selection
- With 27-Across, Pavarotti number, e.g.
- Prince Ramiro in Rossini's "La Cenerentola," e.g.
- Barbershop voice
- Guy in a chorus
- Barbershop part
- Highest male voice
- Barbershop quartet harmonizer
- Gigli, e.g.
- High male singer
- Male opera star
- Certain opera voice
- Voice in 14-Across
- Bocelli or Caruso
- Singing voice
- Voice in a singing trio
- Sax type played by Clinton
- Voice type
- Placido Domingo, e.g.
- Wagner's Siegfried, for one
- Voice above bass
- With 32-Across, instrument played by Coltrane
- Vocalist
- Male singer
- Four-part harmony part
- One who sings in private, normally
- Singer taking part in Britten oratorio
- Part in the middle
- Singer producing sick note before start of recital
- SATB section
- Guy's part
- "Danny Boy" voice, usually
- Common sax
- Certain horn or sax
- Chorus line
- Pavarotti, for example
- General meaning of an utterance
- Steve Douglas played this sax on Dylan's "Street-Legal"
- Singer
- Leaders picked off IT men for course
- Opera singer? Not entirely
- Singer of a number during an unsuccessful winter
- Figure to get some work as a singer
- He'll sing a number as an alternative
- Hearty opera singer?
- Couldn't you listen to him for a fiver?
- Performer of quite normal songs
- Singer in a long-forgotten oratorio
- The voice is carrying one right back
- He sings a number of bits of opera
- Often, oratorios employ one
- To hear him, you need more than a fiver
- Wouldn't he sing for a fiver?
- Singer (one of three?)
- When he sings, you'll get the drift
- He can sing ten more, but without me
- Figure nothing's right for a singer
- Baronet, no bachelor, rising as a singer
- One singer in three?
- Figure more centrally as a singer
- Sort of sax for singer?
- High voice - low bell
- Singer interrupting his better half with a little number?
- The baronet finally got back his voice
- You may get the drift of what he sings
- Possibly operatic figure or singer
- He sings a note for you to hear
- Male voice (one of three?)
- Catch up on alternative humour
- Placido Domingo, say
- Catch up on alternative trend
- Vocalist's alternative number comes first
- Singer, of course
- Course for a singer
- Pavarotti, say, or that's the implication
- Member of the choir
- King Herod in Strauss's "Salome," e.g.
- Otellos voice
- Many an opera singer
- Singer put right after a wrong note
- Mark alongside notes showing instability of centre left
- A number -- or the one who sings it?
- Number with alternative meaning
- Meaning, drift
- Meaning detected in written order
- Note heard by singer
- Singer from Crete? No, Rhodes
- Gigli number on disc, foremost of recordings?
- Meaning of number one tune raised
- Voice necessary to debate normally
- Number on love right for singer
- Catch up with tips from older singer
- Voice belonging to forgotten orator
- Voice intent
- Number with alternative, of course
- Drift in continent enormous
- Variety of sax
- Singer bringing English Opera into the outskirts of Tangier
- A singing voice
- Couldn't you listen to him for a fiver?
- Operatic voice
- Met singer
- Singer, very young, getting nothing right
- Ronan Tynan, e.g.
- Vocal range of many male opera stars
- An opera voice
- Choral voice higher than bass
- Sax larger than an alto
- Otello, in "Otello"
- Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake
- Could he sing a wrong note right?
- General tone
- Singer producing false note? Right!
- He sings for some rotten orchestra!
- Note we hear for singer
- Singer of only one sound note?
- Singer given heart by English National Opera
- Caruso or Bocelli
- Drift to one side round middle of bend
- Pavarotti, voicewise
- Singer with the general idea
- Certain singer
- Sax smaller than a baritone
- Glee club member
- Male choral voice
- Singer getting false note right
- Vocal number or note sounded
- General sense
- "Lend Me a ___"
- A cappella group member
- Could you not listen to him for a fiver?
- General vibe
- Voice higher than 6-Across
- Singer with English opera at heart
- Sax played by Clinton
- He should manage to get the tone right
- A one-note singer?
- Radamès in 36-Down, e.g.
- Can he sing only one sound note?
- Wouldn't he sing for a fiver?
- Caruso or Domingo, for example
- Points a hill out, if you get my drift
- Voice below 44-Down
- In opera, could he turn up in a coronet?
- Part of SATB
- Range above bass
- Operatic voice type
- Che in "Evita"
- Singer in white, normally
- Range below alto
- He sings a number in the latter half
- Overall tone
- Range that's an anagram of 55-Across
- In opera, maybe, he turned up in a coronet
- General sentiment
- Jonas Kaufmann, e.g.
- You'll get the gist of what he sings
- Don José in "Carmen," e.g.
- Cornet piece arranged for male voice
- Range between bass and alto
- Singer whose heart is in English opera
- Many a 46 Across performer
- He'll sing a number with some force!
- Singer arranging a piece for cornet
- Range below 28-Across
- Stevie Wonder, for one
- Man in a choir
- "Carmen" hero, e.g.
- Hearty opera singer?
- High pitch male tone
- Voice type above bass
- Vocal range above baritone
- Pavarotti's vocal range
- Range for some saxes
- Range above baritone
- High voice in a men's chorus
- Vocal range lower than alto
- Singing voice above baritone
- Singing voice type
- Mid-range voice
- One singer in three?
- Range just below 55-Down
- High voice in a barbershop quartet
- High low voice
- Sort of sax for singer?
- Singer interrupting his better half with a little number?
- Barbershop fixture?
- Quartet voice
- Character
- Hero in operas, typically
- Barbershop quartet part
- Part of a choir
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 17, 2024
- Mirror Mini - April 14, 2024
- New York Times - April 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 20, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 18, 2024
- New York Times - February 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - February 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 02, 2024
- LA Times - January 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2024
- LA Times - January 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 28, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 22, 2023
- Mirror Daily - December 21, 2023
- Daily American - December 21, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 12, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 28, 2023
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