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New York Times, Saturday, July 15, 1961

61-Across : Mexican state on the Pacific.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,383
Across
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Holes made in pipes for branches. : TAPS
5
Kind of pipe. : CLAY
9
UAR capital. : CAIRO
14
One-eyed god of Norse myth. : ODIN
15
French river. : OISE
16
Per ___. : ANNUM
17
Rodgers & Hammerstein show. : PIPEDREAM
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City on the Meuse. : LIEGE
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T. S. Eliot's middle name. : STEARNS
21
Relative of aqua. : EAU
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Celebrated piper. : PAN
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Pindaric. : ODIC
25
Draws, as for TV commercials. : ANIMATES
27
Golf term. : PAR
29
Gare du ___, Paris. : NORD
31
Hebrew letter. : MEM
32
Verb ending. : ING
33
Beyond. : ABOVE
35
Popular opera. : TOSCA
39
Euphemistic oath. : EGAD
41
Opposite of 43 Across. : STERN
43
Part of a pipe. : STEM
44
British seaside tracts. : DENES
46
Tebaldi specialties. : ARIAS
48
Raw material. : ORE
49
Also: Archaic. : EKE
51
Man's nickname. : BERT
52
Otto ___ Bismarck. : VON
53
Highland favorites. : BAGPIPES
57
Portal. : GATE
59
Electrical unit. : REL
60
Tenth anniversary symbol. : TIN
61
Mexican state on the Pacific. : CHIAPAS
64
Combining form for Fanfani's state. : ITALO
66
Home-building necessity. : DRAINPIPE
68
Set up a fund for. : ENDOW
69
Exaggerated: Colloq. : TALL
70
Fencing sword. : EPEE
71
Is grating. : RASPS
72
Make eyes (at). : OGLE
73
Newspaper office job. : DESK
Down
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The best: Slang. : TOPS
2
Mine entrance. : ADIT
3
Church feature. : PIPEORGAN
4
Veteran golfer. : SNEAD
5
Kinds of pipes. : CORNCOBS
6
Fabrications. : LIES
7
___ rule. : ASA
8
UAR Imamate. : YEMEN
9
Peacepipe. : CALUMET
10
Black bird. : ANI
11
Foolish. : INEPT
12
Wrinkles, in zoology. : RUGAE
13
Albatrosses, for example. : OMENS
18
Yugoslav river. : DRINA
22
Purpose. : AIM
25
Now, never, etc. : ADVERBS
26
___ Bronson Alcott. : AMOS
27
Like a certain piper. : PIED
28
French angel. : ANGE
30
List. : ROTA
34
87th city of U. S., in 1960 census. : ERIE
36
Kind of hat of a century ago. : STOVEPIPE
37
Big mackerel. : CERO
38
Verily. : AMEN
40
Intense. : DEEP
42
Oriental smoking pipe. : NARGHILE
45
Aids for winter sportsmen. : SKITOWS
47
Tint. : STAIN
50
Finial. : EPI
53
Kind of pipe. : BRIER
54
10,758-ft. volcano. : AETNA
55
Showy flowers, for short. : GLADS
56
Put an ___ (stop). : ENDTO
58
Recorded. : TAPED
61
Stop, as a baseball game. : CALL
62
Gibbons. : APES
63
Resort to. : SEEK
65
Cut off. : LOP
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Piece of music. : RAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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