The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REEDS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Bassoon essentials crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REEDS | 100 % | 5 |
Why may REEDS be the right solution?
The bassoon produces sound by blowing air through a double reed. Therefore, "REEDS" are essential for playing the bassoon.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bassoon essentials
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reeds
- oboe
- double
- tube
- arms
- basset horn
- counter
- flute
- glute
- guerrilla
- key
- oboist
Crossword Answer definitions
REEDS noun- Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- The hollow stem of these plants.
- Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
- A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
- A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
- A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
- Reeding.
- A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
- Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
- A missile weapon.
- A measuring rod.
- To thatch.
- To mill or mint with reeding.
- The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
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