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NY TIMES, FRI, JAN 02, 1998

January 2, 1998•Friday

Creator

Alex K. Justin

Editor

Will Shortz

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1"The Black Stallion" boy
5Great quantity
9Bricklayers' equipment
13Star vehicle
14W.W. II torpedo vessel
16Lined up
17Mary's "South Pacific" co-star
18Electric battery inventor
19Part of Caesar's boast
20Designers' lines
23___ the good
24Verbal inflections
25Flop-eared one
28Extort
30How some shares are sold
31"___ Love" (1986 hit)
32Like ___ out of hell
36Remain firm
39Skater's attire, at times
40Crosspiece
41Semilunar valve neighbor
42Idealist's need
44Certain geneticist
45Plays idly
48Did livery work
50Hinders, in a way
55Anapest's relative
56Jagged
57"Concord Sonata" composer
58Comics dog
59Fresh
60Boutique department
61Poet's adverb
62Refuse
63"___ Perpetua" (Idaho's motto)

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1Hebrew letter
2Somerset Maugham's "___ of Lambeth"
3Biographer Ludwig
4Composed
5Putsch
6Like ___ from the blue
7Goes straight
8Where to see Turners and Sargents
9Postcard message
10They can be licked
11"Holy Sonnets" poet
12Emmenthaler
15Limestone, e.g.
21Cratchit or Heep
22X-rating?
25Strong fiber
26Alaska wildlife refuge site
27Polish companion
29Loop
31Tabs, of sorts
33'69 Brando film
34Cough up
35Winter Palace resident
37Ties up
38Corporate department
43Speaker's cousin
44Padded coverings
45Grafter's need
46Calling
47Strong fiber
49Wiesbaden's state
51Nuncupative
52Painter Tanguy
53When Passiontide falls
54This put a tiger in your tank
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