The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PLECTRA
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More clues leading to the result PLECTRA
- Finally stop all the music: get, inter alia, items for guitarists
- Place crate with working parts for harpsichords
- Criminal cartel headed by leader of pheasant pluckers
- Picks woven carpet to cover interior of villa
- Picks exotic place outside Turkey
- Digital devices used by some musicians
- Picks petition describing court rule
- Picks extraordinary place outside limits of Tiruvallur
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The straight part
We know that "(guitar) picks" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case (guitar) picks = plectra.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does PLECTRA mean?
PLECTRA noun- A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.