Cryptic crossword clue
Glass wind instrument 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLUTE

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The straight part

We know that "Glass/wind instrument" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case glass/wind instrument = flute.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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What does FLUTE mean?

1. A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
2. A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
3. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
4. A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape
5. A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
6. A long French bread roll, baguette.
7. An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
8. A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

1. To play on a flute.
2. To make a flutelike sound.
3. To utter with a flutelike sound.
4. To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).

1. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

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