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4 results for CARIOCA from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 18, 1999	50D	Variation of the samba	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz
Thu Jan 12, 1995	2D	Dance with dips and leaps	Fran & Lou Sabin	Shortz
Sun Nov 27, 1994	2D	Latin dance	Jacques Liwer	Shortz
Sat Mar 12, 1994	10D	Sambalike dance	Rand H. Burns	Shortz

6 results for CARIOCA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 23, 1961	16A	"Flying Down to Rio" dance.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 14, 1960	93A	So. American dance.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Thu Feb 8, 1951	12A	Vincent Youmans' popular tune.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1950	126A	Popular dance number.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Apr 11, 1948	20A	Disney's parrot.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Dec 28, 1947	112A	Disney's friendly Brazilian parrot, Jo ___.	Alice Cook	Farrar

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