The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RECORDER
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More clues leading to the result RECORDER
- Judge playing field booking
- First half of recent arrangement for wind instrument
- Book again – including a little champagne flute
- Stenographer‘s instrument
- Instrument in song by Queen
- Instrument used by logger?
- Instrument in place for playing arrangement
- Stenographer’s instrument
- Judge tidiness in sports ground?
- An instrument of torture eventually embraced by Catholic fraternity
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The straight part
We know that "Instrument" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case instrument = recorder.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does RECORDER mean?
RECORDER noun- An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
- Agent noun of record; one who records.
- A judge in a municipal court.
- A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.