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New York Times, Thursday, June 1, 2006

Author:
Ethan Cooper
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Hardly hidden
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
155/17/19999/10/20192
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.568632%
Ethan Cooper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Cooper. Thursday freshness: 43%
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© 2006, The New York Times6/1/6 ( No. 20,659 )
Across
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Fund-raiser, of sorts: Abbr. : IPO
4
Common insurance fraud : ARSON
9
"Qué ___?" : PASA
13
Here-there link : NOR
14
Police : PATROL
16
Former fruit ripening retardant : ALAR
17
Go crazy with frustration : TEARONESHAIROUT
20
Singer James : ETTA
21
Mop & ___ : GLO
22
Ravenous : GREEDY
23
Element named for a mythical queen : NIOBIUM
25
It may be raised at a party : CAIN
26
What too many rules may do : CRAMPONESSTYLE
31
"Give ___ whirl" : ITA
32
Urban transports : ELS
33
Amphilochus, in Greek myth : SEER
34
Epidemic-fighting org. : CDC
36
They're subject to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46- and 59-Across : MUSCLES
40
Put in, as hours : LOG
41
One of the house of 11-Down, e.g. : ARAB
43
Suffix with beat : NIK
44
Org. in Super Bowls I to IV : AFL
46
51
Jefferson, to William and Mary : ALUM
52
Powerful combos : ONETWOS
54
Cane material : RATTAN
57
Italian TV channel : TRE
58
Plus : ALSO
59
Exaggerate too much : STRAINCREDULITY
62
Manner : VEIN
63
Cy ___ (pitching awards) : YOUNGS
64
Org. full of big shots? : NRA
65
Irritant : PEST
66
Gives (out) : METES
67
___ in eagle : EAS
Down
1
One-___ chance : INTEN
2
Idyllic, maybe : POETIC
3
Demosthenic, e.g. : ORATORICAL
4
Mil. address : APO
5
Keyed into a cash register : RANGUP
6
Patron of sailors : STELMO
7
Approximately : ORSO
8
Drama style : NOH
9
Some authority figures : PARENTS
10
Cosmetics additive : ALOE
11
Royal house : SAUD
12
Chichi : ARTY
15
Excitable TV chef : LAGASSE
18
World capital founded as a 12th-century fortress : RABAT
19
Camera part : IRIS
24
Certain cleric : IMAM
25
Solar panel unit : CELL
27
Makes out : NECKS
28
Highway's center : YELLOWLINE
29
Bill Clinton, to the stars? : LEO
30
0.1 microjoule : ERG
34
Limit : CAP
35
R & B group ___ Hill : DRU
37
Like one who's bombing : UNFUNNY
38
Anna's adopted homeland : SIAM
39
All there : SANE
42
Hardly hidden : BLATANT
45
Kind of position : FETAL
47
Jai ___ : ALAI
48
Sign in a house window : TORENT
49
Tense : ONEDGE
50
Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
53
Some beans : SOYAS
54
Accept or decline : RSVP
55
Suit to ___ : ATEE
56
Speaker in old baseball : TRIS
57
Loyal : TRUE
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Dot-___ : COM
61
Battleship letters : USS

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

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