Clues for the word "RIFF"
We've had 59 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 116 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 01, 2025.
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
- AC/DC "___ Raff"
- Guitar sequence
- Guitar phrase
- Song bit
- Short sequence of musical chords
- A bit of jazz as a duty? No thanks!
- Ostinato common in jazz, rock, etc
- Musical bit
- Musical phrase in song
- Repeated phrase
- Expound (on)
- Repeated bit in jazz
- Repeated musical phrase
- Repeated phrase in a jazz song
- Jazz guitar lick, say
- Repeated guitar sequence
- Stand-up comedian's bit of improv
- Funky bit of noodling
- Improvise musically
- Jazz improvisation
- Jazz pattern
- Song opening, often
- Bit of musical flair
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 01, 2025
- New York Times - October 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 26, 2025
- LA Times - April 13, 2025
- LA Times - April 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 10, 2025
- Daily American - February 20, 2025
- New York Times - December 01, 2024
- New York Times - November 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 17, 2024
- USA Today - August 29, 2024
- Daily American - August 24, 2024
- Daily American - July 05, 2024
- Daily American - March 13, 2024
- LA Times - October 28, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 16, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 25, 2023
- New York Times - May 24, 2023
- New York Times - April 30, 2023
- Daily American - February 20, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 11, 2022
- USA Today - November 10, 2022
- LA Times - September 25, 2022
- Daily American - August 24, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 23, 2022
- USA Today - August 16, 2022
- Daily American - July 05, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - February 02, 2018
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 12, 2018
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 17, 2017
- And in 86 more crossword puzzles...