Duds by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Takes a siesta 6. Pays to play 11. Horace's "__ Poetica" 14. Imam's deity 15. "My fault!" 16. Asian holiday 17. Fashion designer's favorite actor? 19. "Fore" site 20. Maximilian and Charlemagne 21. Angelou's "Still __" 23. Ride the ump 24. Took the lead 26. Frequent striker 30. Defat, whaler-style 31. Attu dweller 32. Many mall rats 33. Unaffiliated pol: Abbr. 36. Verbal assault 37. Positioned 38. Mold-ripened cheese 39. Kramden laugh syllable 40. "... I __ my way" 41. Go on and on and on ... 42. Kicked off the show 44. Conked with a fastball 45. Like old movies 47. Dallas NBAer 48. "Chinatown" screenwriter Robert 49. Stuffs to the gills 54. Suffix with bull or bear 55. Narrow escape for a fashion designer? 58. Bull Run victor 59. Tucker of country 60. Beethoven dedicatee 61. Bard's nightfall 62. Mill output 63. Held sway

Down 1. Steak order 2. Jack of old oaters 3. Take a spill 4. Easy to manage 5. Cool treat 6. Houston pro 7. Loaded Londoners 8. Play about Capote 9. Drop an easy one 10. Aleppo residents 11. Fashion designer's automotive tool? 12. Ebbets Field great 13. Knight's ride 18. The Koh-i-__ diamond 22. $200 Monopoly props. 24. Winter fall 25. Work the bar 26. Big do 27. Southwestern stew 28. Fashion designer's favorite Dion and the Belmonts tune? 29. Abner's radio partner 30. Stinking to high heaven 32. __ over (helped through difficulty) 34. Mudville complement 35. Scout's doing 37. Trig function 38. Two cups? 40. Sniffs out, say 41. Plan maker 43. Give no stars to 44. Make less intense 45. Of value 46. "Long time __!" 47. Taj __ 49. Lid malady 50. Rights org. 51. Act the PI 52. Ultimatum ender 53. Iditarod vehicle 56. Long. crosser 57. Sacagawea denomination

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