Xylophone tool Crossword Clue

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Xylophone tool Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
2. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

XYLOPHONE (noun)
1. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
TOOL (verb)
1. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
2. drive
TOOL (noun)
1. the means whereby some act is accomplished
2. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

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