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8 results for RIFFS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 24, 2020	1A	Comic improvisations	Byron Walden	Shortz
Wed Jan 9, 2019	29A	Jazz improvisations	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Tue Sep 26, 2017	47D	Repeated jazz phrases	Joy Behar and Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Tue Jun 27, 2017	6D	Guitar phrases	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Mon Jun 12, 2017	64A	Repeated short bits in jazz	Dan Margolis	Shortz
Sun Dec 6, 2015	1D	Repeated musical phrases (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Oct 16, 2011	65A	Repeated musical phrases (2)	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Tue May 24, 2005	44A	Jazz phrases	Mike Torch	Shortz

11 results for RIFFS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 14, 1989	7D	Jazz refrains	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Sun Oct 30, 1983	7D	Jazz figures	Barry L. Cohen	Maleska
Mon Jan 11, 1982	43D	Berbers of Morocco	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Thu Jan 23, 1975	47D	Moroccan natives	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Sun Mar 14, 1971	71D	Berbers	Arnold Moss	Weng
Thu Jan 22, 1970	5A	Jazz figures	Unknown	Weng
Tue May 30, 1967	19D	North Africans.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Thu Dec 14, 1961	1A	Berbers.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 3, 1961	5A	Repeated phrases in swing music.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Thu Sep 8, 1960	46A	Moroccans.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 7, 1954	7A	People of the Moroccan coast.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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