Guitar bar

Latest answer — September 23, 2026

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Clue explained

A CAPO is a clamp placed across a guitar’s strings to raise their pitch while preserving familiar chord shapes. Thus it is literally a bar for a guitar.

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Definition
A clamp-style capo attached across the neck of an acoustic guitar.

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This clue's Wednesday, September 23, 2026 appearance

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The answer to “Guitar bar” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is CAPO — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on September 23, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 17-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Guitar bar” answer

CAPO (4 letters)

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What does CAPO mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CAPO is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a clamp fastened across all the strings of a fretted musical instrument to raise their tuning by a chosen amount

When else has “Guitar bar” appeared?

Thomas Joseph reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 23, 2026 (most recent) → CAPO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Guitar bar”?

The answer is CAPO, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on September 23, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Guitar bar”?

4 letters: CAPO.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Thomas Joseph crossword on September 23, 2026 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 17-Across.

Can “Guitar bar” have a different answer?

Yes — Thomas Joseph sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's Thomas Joseph answers?

The full grid for September 23, 2026 is on the Thomas Joseph answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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