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New York Times, Friday, January 2, 1998

Author:
Alex K. Justin
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Plays idly
TotalDebutLatest
195/21/19924/2/1998
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.54103557%
Alex K. Justin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 6 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Justin. Friday freshness: 14%
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© 1998, The New York Times1/2/98 ( No. 17,587 )
Across
1
"The Black Stallion" boy : ALEC
5
Great quantity : RAFT
9
Bricklayers' equipment : HODS
13
Star vehicle : LIMO
14
W.W. II torpedo vessel : EBOAT
16
Lined up : AROW
17
Mary's "South Pacific" co-star : EZIO
18
Electric battery inventor : VOLTA
19
Part of Caesar's boast : VENI
20
Designers' lines : FALLCOLLECTIONS
23
___ the good : ALLTO
24
Verbal inflections : TENSES
25
Flop-eared one : BASSET
28
Extort : WRING
30
How some shares are sold : ATPAR
31
"___ Love" (1986 hit) : ISIT
32
Like ___ out of hell : ABAT
36
Remain firm : STICKTOONESGUNS
39
Skater's attire, at times : TUTU
40
Crosspiece : RUNG
41
Semilunar valve neighbor : AORTA
42
Idealist's need : CAUSE
44
Certain geneticist : CLONER
45
Plays idly : STRUMS
48
Did livery work : SHOED
50
Hinders, in a way : CRAMPSONESSTYLE
55
Anapest's relative : IAMB
56
Jagged : EROSE
57
"Concord Sonata" composer : IVES
58
Comics dog : ODIE
59
Fresh : SASSY
60
Boutique department : MENS
61
Poet's adverb : NEER
62
Refuse : LEES
63
"___ Perpetua" (Idaho's motto) : ESTO
Down
1
Hebrew letter : ALEF
2
Somerset Maugham's "___ of Lambeth" : LIZA
3
Biographer Ludwig : EMIL
4
Composed : COOLASACUCUMBER
5
Putsch : REVOLT
6
Like ___ from the blue : ABOLT
7
Goes straight : FOLLOWSONESNOSE
8
Where to see Turners and Sargents : TATE
9
Postcard message : HAVINGAGOODTIME
10
They can be licked : OREOS
11
"Holy Sonnets" poet : DONNE
12
Emmenthaler : SWISS
15
Limestone, e.g. : TACTITE
21
Cratchit or Heep : CLERK
22
X-rating? : TEN
25
Strong fiber : BAST
26
Alaska wildlife refuge site : ATTU
27
Polish companion : SPIT
29
Loop : RING
31
Tabs, of sorts : IOUS
33
'69 Brando film : BURN
34
Cough up : ANTE
35
Winter Palace resident : TSAR
37
Ties up : TRUSSES
38
Corporate department : SALES
43
Speaker's cousin : AMP
44
Padded coverings : COSEYS
45
Grafter's need : SCION
46
Calling : TRADE
47
Strong fiber : RAMIE
49
Wiesbaden's state : HESSE
51
Nuncupative : ORAL
52
Painter Tanguy : YVES
53
When Passiontide falls : LENT
54
This put a tiger in your tank : ESSO

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

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