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1 result for OFFTHECUFF from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 7, 2017	54A	Improvised	Timothy Polin	Shortz

2 results for OFFTHECUFF from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 5, 2006	Acrostic	X	Improvised (3 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jun 4, 2000	Acrostic	G	Not prepared (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for OFFTHECUFF from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 9, 1993	10D	Extemporaneously	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Fri Jan 5, 1990	57A	Extemporaneously	Peggy Devlin	Maleska
Thu May 29, 1969	17A	Improvised.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 10, 1968	76A	Ad-lib.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Fri Mar 19, 1965	26D	Spontaneous: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 24, 1963	16A	Ad-lib.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 3, 1959	29D	Extemporaneously: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar

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