This answer set for “Melody” includes entries that were accepted in real puzzles. Each item on the list is a practical solution that has proven valid when this clue has appeared before.
Answers:
- TUNE
- SONG
- MUSIC
- AIR
- STRAIN
- ARIA
- ETUDE
- THEME
Synonyms and Definitions
TUNE
- Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune up
SONG
- Synonyms: birdcall, birdsong, call, song dynasty, sung, sung dynasty, vocal
MUSIC
- Synonyms: euphony, medicine
AIR
- Synonyms: aerate, air out, air travel, airwave, atmosphere, aura, aviation, bare, beam, breeze, broadcast, gentle wind, publicise, publicize, send, transmit, tune, vent, ventilate, zephyr
STRAIN
- Synonyms: breed, deform, distort, extend, filter, filter out, filtrate, form, mental strain, nervous strain, nisus, pains, puree, reach, separate out, sieve, sift, song, stock, straining, stress, strive, striving, tenor, tense, tense up, try, var., variant
THEME
- Synonyms: base, composition, idea, melodic theme, motif, musical theme, paper, radical, report, root, root word, stem, subject, topic