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New York Times, Monday, June 23, 2003

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Display on a pedestal
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
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3442446
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Hamel. Monday freshness: 36%
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© 2003, The New York Times6/23/3 ( No. 19,585 )
Across
1
Islamic holy war : JIHAD
6
Channel showing Cong. hearings : CSPAN
11
Transatlantic flier, for short : SST
14
Pac-Man maker : ATARI
15
Native whale-hunter : ALEUT
16
Toddler's age : TWO
17
Where horses drink : WATERTROUGH
19
Tire filler : AIR
20
Tempest : STORM
21
Mount in Sicily : ETNA
22
Show on which the Blues Brothers debuted: Abbr. : SNL
25
Sufficient : GOODENOUGH
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Make fun of : LAUGHAT
32
Elevates : RAISES
33
The ___ Brothers of 1960's-70's R & B : ISLEY
34
Treaty : PACT
35
Flipping pages : THUMBINGTHROUGH
42
Ostrichlike bird : RHEA
43
Magazine : ISSUE
44
Delicacy with Champagne : CAVIAR
47
Certain whimsical Dutch lithographs : ESCHERS
49
It's kneaded : BREADDOUGH
51
Moscow's land: Abbr. : RUS
52
It may be due on a duplex : RENT
53
Stonehenge worshiper : DRUID
56
Top flier : ACE
57
Mythical pass to the underworld : GOLDENBOUGH
63
"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
64
Sign before Taurus : ARIES
65
Prefix with mural : INTRA
66
Baseball legend Williams : TED
67
Looks closely (at) : PEERS
68
Prophets : SEERS
Down
1
Target of a punch, maybe : JAW
2
"Give ___ rest!" : ITA
3
Derby or bowler : HAT
4
Greek war god : ARES
5
Gossip : DIRT
6
Rabbit's treat : CARROT
7
Replay feature : SLOMO
8
Little, in Lille : PEU
9
Mo. before Labor Day : AUG
10
Ultimate ordinal : NTH
11
Display on a pedestal : STATUE
12
Equipment near teeter-totters : SWINGS
13
Synagogue scroll : TORAH
18
Roman Senate wear : TOGA
21
Dawn goddess : EOS
22
Skirt opening : SLIT
23
"Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker" poet : NASH
24
Lollapalooza : LULU
26
"Phooey!" : DRAT
27
Individually : EACH
28
Kind of acid : NITRIC
30
Opal or onyx : GEM
31
Gas-electric car, e.g. : HYBRID
34
Org. for Tiger Woods : PGA
36
"If ___ a Hammer" : IHAD
37
Poisoner of Britannicus : NERO
38
___Kosh B'Gosh : OSH
39
Not an abstainer : USER
40
Knowledgeable one : GURU
41
Dame Myra : HESS
44
Christmas display : CRECHE
45
Poem with the story of the Trojan horse : AENEID
46
Big wine holder : VAT
47
Exit : EGRESS
48
Avoid : SHUN
49
Leaflike appendage : BRACT
50
Milk giver : UDDER
54
Everglades wader : IBIS
55
Ready to be removed from the oven : DONE
57
Interruption : GAP
58
Prospector's prize : ORE
59
Fib : LIE
60
Western Indian : UTE
61
Dog's warning : GRR
62
Owns : HAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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