Familiar instrument with a colourful sound(3 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Familiar instrument with a colourful sound”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 5th November 2025.
The answer is
S
A
X
Other clues that solve to SAX
The same answer often re-appears with different clues over the years. Tap a clue to open its answer page, or the date to jump straight to that day's puzzle.
- #28 down Familiar instrument with a colourful sound (3) 5th November 2025
- #28 across A familiar wind instrument (3) 8th March 2023
- #28 down Familiar instrument with a colourful sound (3) 20th May 2020
- #19 down In short, it lacks nothing but a phone (3) 28th August 2019
- #28 across A familiar instrumental piece (3) 21st August 2019
- #28 down Do its notes sound blue? (3) 13th March 2019
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