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Pair of handheld percussion instruments

Last seen in Universal Crossword February 21, 2026 Answers

The crossword clue "Pair of handheld percussion instruments" was last seen in the Universal Crossword puzzle on February 21, 2026. We've carefully identified 142 possible answers from crossword puzzles published over the years. Among all candidates, MARACAS (7 letters) stands out as the strongest match at 99%, making it the most reliable solution for this particular clue.

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142 Other Potential Answers

99%
MARACAS
Pair of handheld percussion instruments
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2026
8%
DRUMS
Percussion instruments with taut tops
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 22, 2026
8%
STEELDRUMS
Metal percussion instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 27, 2025
8%
CONGADRUMS
Percussion instruments with Cuban roots
Universal Crossword · Jul 21, 2025
8%
HARPS
Pair of stringed instruments in "The Nutcracker"
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2025
4%
ITEM
Celebrity pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2026
4%
TUSKS
Elephant pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2026
4%
CELLI
String section instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
4%
OARS
Rowboat pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 7, 2026
4%
ELS
Unlikely pair?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2026
4%
UKES
Luau instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
4%
SEATS
Tandem pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
4%
VANES
Wind instruments?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2026
4%
TUNER
Device that helps adjust the pitch of musical instruments
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
4%
VIOLAS
Midsize stringed instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
4%
ACTS
"Show Boat" pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2026
4%
HEROICCOUP
*Rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter
Universal Crossword · Feb 18, 2026
4%
GUITARS
Rock instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 15, 2026
4%
ACES
Strongest pair in Texas Hold'em
Universal Crossword · Feb 6, 2026
4%
OLED
Screen on some handheld games, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 28, 2026
4%
DIE
Half of a pair in Monopoly
Universal Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
4%
THATSONME
"My bad" ... or a hint to a two-line arrangement within each pair of starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Jan 6, 2026
4%
SHE
With 18-Down, pronoun pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
4%
PSP
Bygone handheld game console, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
4%
ENS
Anniversary pair?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
4%
KAZOOS
Buzzy instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 25, 2025
4%
DUALIPA
"Dance the Night" singer ... or, parsed differently, a hint to the pair of drinks in row 3, 5, 11 or 13 of this grid
Universal Crossword · Oct 17, 2025
4%
FLAPS
Book jacket pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 16, 2025
4%
TWOS
Low poker pair
Universal Crossword · Oct 10, 2025
4%
STILTS
Tall circus performer's pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 7, 2025
4%
PIANOS
Keyed instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 28, 2025
4%
OBOES
Woodwind instruments
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
4%
LEVI
Name on a pair of 501 jeans
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2025
4%
EDGES
Cylinder's pair
Universal Crossword · Sep 21, 2025
4%
YAMAHA
World's largest manufacturer of musical instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 9, 2025
4%
BONES
Pirate flag pair
Universal Crossword · Sep 5, 2025
4%
ATWOPEASPOD
Nearly identical pair, literally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2025
4%
MORECOWBELL
"SNL" sketch featuring Christopher Walken and a percussion instrument
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2025
4%
CROC
One of a holey pair
Universal Crossword · Jul 10, 2025
4%
ACEHIGH
Hand worse than a pair
Universal Crossword · Jun 30, 2025
4%
AIRGUITARS
Imaginary instruments
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
4%
SPARKLER
Type of handheld firework
Universal Crossword · May 31, 2025
4%
FIFTY
With 39-Across, like an even split ... and a hint to a pair of Roman numerals in the starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · May 2, 2025
4%
EXES
Post-breakup pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 29, 2025
4%
ONEMANBAND
He plays many instruments simultaneously
Universal Crossword · Apr 19, 2025
4%
ICONIC
Memorable ... or, parsed differently, the two-row arrangement in each pair of starred clues' answers?
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
4%
AU
-- pair (family helper)
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
4%
SET
Matching pair, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 7, 2025
4%
UNYOKED
Disunited, as a pair of oxen
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
4%
SLEEVES
Jacket pair
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 21, 2025
4%
LIPS
Kissing pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 17, 2025
4%
BAGPIPES
Irish or Scottish instruments
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2025
4%
SEXTANTS
Mariners’ instruments
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 2, 2025
4%
HIPBOOT
Half a pair of waders
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 9, 2025
4%
BATONS
Conductors' "instruments"
Universal Crossword · Feb 2, 2025
4%
HEHIM
Pronoun pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 26, 2025
4%
TUBAS
Big band instruments
Universal Crossword · Jan 25, 2025
4%
GONG
Large percussion instrument
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 15, 2025
4%
ICEDANCER
Half of a Winter Olympics pair
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
4%
CROOKANDNANNY
Au pair with a sinister sidekick
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
4%
LATTER
Second of a pair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 6, 2024
4%
WEA
“Aren’t — pair?!”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Nov 3, 2024
4%
EAR
One of a pair of sense organs
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
4%
COWBELLPEPPER
Particles from a percussion instrument that may start a sneezing fit?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 25, 2024
4%
CLARINETPROFITS
Windfall from the sale of wind instruments?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 25, 2024
4%
CLARINETS
Woodwind instruments that need 16-Acrosses
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2024
4%
FLEURDELEVIS
Blossom on a pair of 501 jeans femme?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
4%
CASTANETS
Flamenco dancer’s instruments
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 11, 2024
4%
CASTANET
Certain dancer's percussion instrument
Universal Crossword · Sep 25, 2024
4%
DSLITE
Slim, handheld Nintendo game console
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 8, 2024
4%
SITARS
Indian string instruments
Universal Crossword · Aug 15, 2024
4%
PIANO
Instrument in the string and percussion families
Universal Crossword · Aug 10, 2024
4%
PENS
Pilot's instruments?
Universal Crossword · Jul 17, 2024
4%
SPYGLASSES
Small handheld telescopes
Universal Crossword · Jul 13, 2024
4%
HETHEY
Certain pronoun pair
Universal Crossword · Jul 9, 2024
4%
WASHBOARD
Laundry apparatus used as a percussion instrument
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 9, 2024
4%
ALTOSAXES
*Some jazz combo instruments
Universal Crossword · Jul 8, 2024
4%
CHIPANDDALE
Disney pair who live in a big oak tree
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2024
4%
BABYRATTLES
New folk instruments?
Universal Crossword · May 26, 2024
1%
KAPUT
Broken beyond repair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2026
1%
HEALTHSPELL
*Video game boost that may repair damage
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 4, 2026
1%
ALAS
Quaint word of despair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2026
1%
PDAS
Bygone handhelds, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2026
1%
IMAC
Computer repaired at a Genius Bar
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 2, 2026
1%
ICEDANCERS
Winter Olympics pairs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
1%
GOPLACES
Make it big, or a hint to the pairs found in the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
1%
RAG
Tune paired with a silent movie, often
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
1%
SKIS
Aspen pairs
Universal Crossword · Mar 27, 2026
1%
SAKE
Sushi pairing
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
1%
FIXED
Repaired
Universal Crossword · Mar 11, 2026
1%
DRYWINE
Unsweet beverage sometimes paired with cheese
Universal Crossword · Jan 31, 2026
1%
ROOMANDBOARD
Part of an au pair's compensation, or what can respectively follow the two parts of the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
1%
GARAGE
Auto repair shop
Universal Crossword · Dec 31, 2025
1%
LIFT
Big moment in a pairs figure skating routine
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 28, 2025
1%
MAACO
Auto repair chain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2025
1%
ARO
Queer identity sometimes paired with "ace"
Universal Crossword · Nov 14, 2025
1%
CHIANTI
Red wine sometimes paired with cavatappi
Universal Crossword · Nov 14, 2025
1%
AAMCO
Transmission repair chain
Universal Crossword · Nov 4, 2025
1%
DIY
Like some home repairs, briefly
Universal Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
1%
TAPE
Temporary repair material
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
1%
REDSAUCES
Coats paired with bow ties?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 23, 2025
1%
AREYOU
With 39-Across, "Am I making sense?" ... or a hint to two pairs of two letters in each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Sep 29, 2025
1%
PENNE
Pasta paired with vodka sauce
Universal Crossword · Aug 18, 2025
1%
NOR
Word paired with "neither"
Universal Crossword · Aug 5, 2025
1%
TOTAL
Wreck beyond repair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2025
1%
ARK
Big boat that held animal pairs
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2025
1%
TARS
Repairs, as a driveway
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2025
1%
FIX
Repair
Universal Crossword · May 18, 2025
1%
RETAR
Do some roof repairs
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 9, 2025
1%
BASSVIOL
Instrument often paired with a harpsichord
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 18, 2025
1%
ASIS
Unrepaired
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 11, 2025
1%
MANUALS
Repairers’ reads
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 3, 2025
1%
DAMAGE
Impair
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 29, 2025
1%
EYESONME
"Look here!" ... or a phonetic hint to 10 pairs of letters in this puzzle's grid
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2025
1%
MENDED
Repaired
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 11, 2025
1%
MAR
Impair
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 2, 2025
1%
MEND
Repair
Universal Crossword · Feb 26, 2025
1%
BOARDMEETING
High-level get-together, or an apt description of the pairing found in 19-, 25-, 30-, 48-, or 56-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 25, 2025
1%
ALMSFORTHEDOOR
Donations toward having a dilapidated entryway repaired?
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 23, 2025
1%
SOB
Express despair
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 19, 2025
1%
SNAREDRUMMER
Certain percussionist (... first letter + the last 5 letters)
Universal Crossword · Feb 11, 2025
1%
SOLED
Repaired shoes
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 11, 2025
1%
LITTLEDEVIL
*Impair
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2025
1%
WINELISTS
Menus that might suggest pairings
Universal Crossword · Dec 28, 2024
1%
TITO
Latin percussionist Puente
Universal Crossword · Dec 15, 2024
1%
AREYOUOKAY
Question when checking on a friend ... or a hint to two pairs of letters in 17-, 30- or 43-Across
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2024
1%
DENTIST
Crown repairer
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 25, 2024
1%
LOANER
Car from a repair shop
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 18, 2024
1%
HARMS
Impairs
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 30, 2024
1%
SAL
Seasoning paired with pimienta
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2024
1%
SEEYOUAGAIN
"Furious 7" song, or a phonetic hint to the second of two letter pairs in each starred clue's answer
Universal Crossword · Sep 17, 2024
1%
DOITYOURSELF
Like some home-repair projects
Universal Crossword · Aug 24, 2024
1%
CIS
Prefix sometimes paired with "het"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2024
1%
HER
Pronoun paired with she
Universal Crossword · Aug 8, 2024
1%
MIDAS
"Trust the __ touch": longtime slogan of a car repair chain
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 7, 2024
1%
PITA
Pocket bread often paired with hummus
Universal Crossword · Jul 25, 2024
1%
EARWAX
Hearing impairer
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jul 24, 2024
1%
HIHATS
Cymbal pairs
Universal Crossword · Jul 15, 2024
1%
ROADCREW
Pothole repairers
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 8, 2024
1%
TEN
Five pairs
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jun 23, 2024
1%
LOSTHEART
Gave up in despair
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 11, 2024
1%
PRADA
Brand paired with devil horns for a Halloween costume
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2024

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How many possible solutions does "Pair of handheld percussion instruments" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 142 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is MARACAS (7 letters).
What is the best answer for "Pair of handheld percussion instruments"?
The best answer for "Pair of handheld percussion instruments" is MARACAS with 7 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Pair of handheld percussion instruments" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on February 21, 2026.
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