Big brass
The crossword clue "Big brass" is answered by TUBAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 42 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TUBAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TUBAS answer page.
Used 42 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- GENERALS (2 uses in xd)
- BASSTUBA (1 uses in xd)
- SABUT (1 uses in xd)
- SOUSAPHONE (1 uses in xd)
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