NY Times Crossword
July 21, 2004
Eric Berlin

Each answer below contains the name of a musical instrument. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Mendacious instrument, with a school yard taunt
2. Percussive instrument made in the lab
3. Instrument found in  defensive football coups
4. Missing baseball instrument
5. Instrument essential to life

Answers:

1. Big, fat lyre 
2. Chemical cymbal
3. Quarterback sax
4. Stolen bass
5. Vital organ