Minstrel's stringed instrument (4)

I believe the answer is:

lute

(Other definitions for lute that I've seen before include "Elizabethan stringed instrument" , "Ancient stringed instrument" , "Plucked, pear-shaped instrument" , "Old musical instrument" , "Subject to drugs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and the Newsday.

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