The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TAMBOURINE
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More clues leading to the result TAMBOURINE
- Orchestrated tuba with E-minor instrument
- Miner about to reassemble percussion instrument
- Instrument, one a bit rum when played
- Instrument platform’s bottom aboard rickety boat leaked water
- . Fifty per cent of Tamils, with Ludlum hero, holding one percussion instrument
- Instrument repaired: E minor tuba
- A tomb is desecrated with pee in a small drum
- Instrument from arrangement of baritone music? Not so
- Bullish, taking on unruly mob: can it be beaten?
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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 = tambourine.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TAMBOURINE mean?
TAMBOURINE noun- A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
- A tambourine dove.
- A kind of Provençal dance.
- The music for this dance.