Answer: RIFF
RIFF is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 52 times.
Referring Clues:
- Bit of jazz
 - Jazz phrase
 - Jazz bit
 - Jazz lick
 - Improvised bit
 - Rabble
 - Music bit
 - Take off (on)
 - Comedic spiel
 - Musical phrase
 - Jazz accompaniment
 - Repeated melodic phrase
 - Comic comment
 - Jazz line
 - Melodic phrase
 - Bluesman's lick
 - "West Side Story" gang leader
 - Jazz motif
 - Jazzy refrain
 - Jazzy refrain
 - Jazzy refrain
 - Jazzy refrain
 - Jazzy phrase
 - Guitar highlight
 - Guitar lick
 - 9-Down solo
 - Jazz theme
 - Ditch the script
 - Bit of flashy guitar work
 - Repeated musical accompaniment
 - Guitarist's short phrase
 - Jazz solo
 - Speak extemporaneously (on)
 - Jazzman's lick
 - Recurring snippet in a bass line, say
 - Songwriter's starting point, maybe
 - Expound (on)
 - Repeated bit in jazz
 - Short musical phrase
 - Repeated musical phrase
 - Repeated phrase in a jazz song
 - Jazz guitar lick, say
 - Improvise on stage
 - Repeated guitar sequence
 - Stand-up comedian's bit of improv
 - Funky bit of noodling
 - Repeated jazz phrase
 - Take in music?
 - Improvise musically
 - Jazz improvisation
 - Jazz pattern
 - Song opening, often
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 14, 2025
 - LA Times - April 13, 2025
 - LA Times - April 02, 2025
 - New York Times - December 01, 2024
 - New York Times - November 26, 2024
 - USA Today - August 29, 2024
 - LA Times - October 28, 2023
 - LA Times - May 29, 2023
 - New York Times - May 24, 2023
 - New York Times - April 30, 2023
 - USA Today - November 10, 2022
 - LA Times - September 25, 2022
 - USA Today - August 16, 2022
 - New York Times - May 20, 2022
 - LA Times - December 17, 2021
 - LA Times - November 11, 2021
 - USA Today - November 08, 2021
 - Netword - May 04, 2021
 - Universal - May 03, 2021
 - USA Today - March 08, 2021
 
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