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New York Times, Saturday, July 15, 1961

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 flow: 27.8 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
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One-eyed god of Norse myth. : ODIN
15
French river. : OISE
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Per ___. : ANNUM
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Rodgers & Hammerstein show. : PIPEDREAM
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City on the Meuse. : LIEGE
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T. S. Eliot's middle name. : STEARNS
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Relative of aqua. : EAU
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Celebrated piper. : PAN
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Pindaric. : ODIC
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Draws, as for TV commercials. : ANIMATES
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Golf term. : PAR
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Gare du ___, Paris. : NORD
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Hebrew letter. : MEM
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Verb ending. : ING
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Beyond. : ABOVE
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Popular opera. : TOSCA
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Euphemistic oath. : EGAD
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Opposite of 43 Across. : STERN
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Part of a pipe. : STEM
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British seaside tracts. : DENES
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Tebaldi specialties. : ARIAS
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Raw material. : ORE
49
Also: Archaic. : EKE
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Man's nickname. : BERT
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Otto ___ Bismarck. : VON
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Highland favorites. : BAGPIPES
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Portal. : GATE
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Electrical unit. : REL
60
Tenth anniversary symbol. : TIN
61
Mexican state on the Pacific. : CHIAPAS
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Combining form for Fanfani's state. : ITALO
66
Home-building necessity. : DRAINPIPE
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Set up a fund for. : ENDOW
69
Exaggerated: Colloq. : TALL
70
Fencing sword. : EPEE
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Is grating. : RASPS
72
Make eyes (at). : OGLE
73
Newspaper office job. : DESK
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The best: Slang. : TOPS
2
Mine entrance. : ADIT
3
Church feature. : PIPEORGAN
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Veteran golfer. : SNEAD
5
Kinds of pipes. : CORNCOBS
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Fabrications. : LIES
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___ rule. : ASA
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UAR Imamate. : YEMEN
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Peacepipe. : CALUMET
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Black bird. : ANI
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Foolish. : INEPT
12
Wrinkles, in zoology. : RUGAE
13
Albatrosses, for example. : OMENS
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Yugoslav river. : DRINA
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Purpose. : AIM
25
Now, never, etc. : ADVERBS
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___ Bronson Alcott. : AMOS
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Like a certain piper. : PIED
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French angel. : ANGE
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List. : ROTA
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87th city of U. S., in 1960 census. : ERIE
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Kind of hat of a century ago. : STOVEPIPE
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Big mackerel. : CERO
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Verily. : AMEN
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Intense. : DEEP
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Oriental smoking pipe. : NARGHILE
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Aids for winter sportsmen. : SKITOWS
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Tint. : STAIN
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Finial. : EPI
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Kind of pipe. : BRIER
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10,758-ft. volcano. : AETNA
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Showy flowers, for short. : GLADS
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Put an ___ (stop). : ENDTO
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Recorded. : TAPED
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Stop, as a baseball game. : CALL
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Gibbons. : APES
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Resort to. : SEEK
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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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