Clarinet need Crossword Clue

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Clarinet need Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
2. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CLARINET (noun)
1. a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
NEED (verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
NEED (noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

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