Maybe tone down musical instrument after I’d flipped?

The answer to “Maybe tone down musical instrument after I’d flipped?” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is DILUTE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on August 21, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 7-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.

“Maybe tone down musical instrument after I’d flipped?” answer

DILUTE (6 letters)

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What does DILUTE mean?

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

When else has “Maybe tone down musical instrument after I’d flipped?” appeared?

The Times Quick Cryptic 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 21, 2026 (most recent) → DILUTE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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