Jazz improvisation Crossword Clue

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Jazz improvisation Crossword Answer

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VAMP

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SCAT

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. look through a book or other written material
2. play riffs
(noun)
1. a Berber living in northern Morocco
2. a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

IMPROVISATION (noun)
1. an unplanned expedient
2. a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
JAZZ (noun)
1. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
2. a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
JAZZ (verb)
1. have sexual intercourse with
2. play something in the style of jazz

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

VAMP
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SCAT
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More NYT Crossword (11/26/2024) Answers

Across

1. They're artificial at half of all N.F.L. stadiums

6. Dev's development

9. Feature of a movie, or a movie review

13. Loud cry of joy

14. What's taken by a quarterback during "victory formation"

15. Roman moon goddess

16. Not currently functioning

18. "Sounds like a plan!"

19. Require one's owner to vacuum, perhaps

20. Yarn material

21. Site with a Symptom Checker feature

22. Section of a sidewalk

25. High school events with elaborate proposals

27. Ending with towel or toil

28. "Me too," more formally

29. Wild swine

32. Tiny

35. Participants in an endurance competition set to music

39. Trident-shaped Greek letter

40. It might be awkward for friends to date yours

41. Loads and loads

42. Get exactly

45. Midnight kitchen excursions

46. Sandwiches that kick-started the fast-food breakfast industry

51. Afraid not?

52. ___-referential (like the clue for 52-Across)

53. Lighten (up)

57. Absolute hoot

58. Completed without manual input, as an online form … or a description of this puzzle's shaded squares

60. Part of a ski that cuts into the snow

61. Got taller

62. Occasion for alone time

63. Awl or ax

64. Mini-albums, for short

65. Things hidden by potpourri

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Down

1. "Terrible" stage of toddlerhood

2. 'Not a chance!'

3. Repetitive learning method

4. After-meal drowsiness known scientifically as postprandial somnolence

5. Letters on a beach bottle

6. Disney+ series that's a prequel to "Rogue One"

7. Key's partner in sketch comedy

8. In accordance with

9. Most cunning

10. Western roller

11. Feminine side, in Jungian psychology

12. Genre for D'Angelo or Daniel Caesar

14. Ray with the autobiography "Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's"

17. Doesn't rent, say

21. Like a dog's nose, typically

23. Replace with an ellipsis, maybe

24. Giga- : billion :: ___ : trillion

25. Informative TV spots

26. Bursting with anticipation

28. Hype up

29. Mover's tote

30. Formula ___

31. Moneymakers for many content creators

33. Significant stretches

34. Telepath's claim

36. Captain's position

37. Bread served with butter chicken

38. Like a bodybuilder's physique

43. Beer brand named for a Dutch river

44. Good for skating, but bad for driving

46. White-plumed heron

47. "Cars" character with an Italian accent

48. Forcefully supplant

49. Lavish celebrations

50. Rapper's rhythm

54. Gucci of fashion

55. Prepare, as ahi tuna

56. Brand whose logo has an apostrophe shaped like an ice cream cone

58. Yearly increase?

59. "What I think is …," online

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