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2 results for SHIMMY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 9, 2016	1D	Shake on the dance floor	David Phillips	Shortz
Sun Jun 4, 1995	97A	1920s jazz dance	Bryant White	Shortz

2 results for SHIMMY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 20, 2021	Acrostic	E	Abnormal wheel vibration	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jul 23, 2006	Acrostic	M	Shoulder-shaking dance of 1920's flappers	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for SHIMMY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 9, 1983	49A	Wobble	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Apr 21, 1978	25A	Emulate "sister Kate"	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun Jan 26, 1975	138A	Sister Kate's dance	A. J. Santora	Weng
Tue Jun 20, 1967	43A	Jazz dance of the Twenties.	Unknown	Farrar

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