The Clue
David's instrument (4 letter answer)
The Answer
HARP
Tags
Notes
The answer HARP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
Related Clues
Belabor, with "on"
Complain
Dwell (on)
Dwell on
Lyra
___ on (persist)
Angel's instrument
Arctic seal
Beethoven's "___ Quartet"
Celestial strings
Dwell persistently (on)
Dwell on tediously
Heavenly instrument
Heavenly sight
Heavenly sound
Instrument for a bard
Instrument for a Marx
One of Jubal's inventions
Kind of seal
Lyre's relative
Part of a lamp
Plucked instrument
Plucked item
A symbol of Eire
A symbol of Ireland
Symbol of Ireland
Tara instrument
Triangular instrument
Triangular lyre
Trigon or clarsach
Trigon, e.g.
47-stringed instrument
Angelic music maker
Hanger on Tara's walls
Icon on Guinness bottles
Instrument capable of glissandi
Irish national symbol
"Jack and the Beanstalk" theft
Marx brother's instrument
Prop for a Marx brother
Instrument on Ireland's coat of arms
Definition
HARP as a noun:
1. a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
2. a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
3. (harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth harp) = a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
HARP as a verb:
1. (harp, dwell) = come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
2. play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"