Slender woodwinds

The answer to “Slender woodwinds” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is OBOES — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 5, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 29-Down. 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.

“Slender woodwinds” answer

OBOES (5 letters)

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Why the answer is OBOES

These slim orchestral instruments are double-reed cousins of the bassoon 🎶

What does OBOES mean?

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

When else has “Slender woodwinds” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer 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.

August 5, 2026 (most recent) → OBOES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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