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10 results for FINETUNE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 18, 2017	37A	Tweak (5)	Roland Huget	Shortz
Sun Apr 26, 2015	75A	Hone	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Oct 29, 2010	40A	Make purr, as an engine	Barry Boone	Shortz
Sat Sep 24, 2005	12D	Tweak (5)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri May 7, 2004	33D	Tweak (5)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Fri Feb 13, 2004	13D	Make just right (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Nov 30, 2003	113A	Make just right (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Oct 8, 2002	29A	Tweak (5)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sat Jan 12, 2002	42A	Tweak (5)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Jul 1, 2000	12D	Adjust	Rich Norris	Shortz

1 result for FINETUNE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 22, 2024	Cryptic	21A	Tweak finish: Piano exercise should have Beethoven's Ninth instead of Haydn's Fourth (4-4)	Stella Zawistowski	Fagliano

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