The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DIAPASON
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More clues leading to the result DIAPASON
- Stop benefit withdrawn by two male relatives
- Stop to assist returning dad and lad
- Organ stop is sad — piano worse
- Stop sending up assistance — clergyman’s run off
- Handed money over to a child to make organ stop
- Stop playing piano? Sad
- Stop and help returning male members of family
- Stop little woman keeping a father and son pinned down
- Stop and help returning father and son
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What does DIAPASON mean?
DIAPASON noun- The musical octave.
- (by extension) The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.
- A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ.