Crossword Puzzle Plicate

Clue: Plicate

Pliny the ____ (ELDER with 5 letters)
Stein-Plimpton biography (EDIE with 4 letters)
Plies politely (ASKS with 4 letters)
Plicate (PLEATED with 7 letters)
Junior Pliny (THEYOUNGER with 10 letters)
Plied a needle (SEWED with 5 letters)
Accom-plished (DID with 3 letters)
Pliability (GIVE with 4 letters)
That is, to Pliny (IDEST with 5 letters)
Pitcher with a 168-mph fastball dreamed up by George Plimpton for the 1985 April Fools' Day issue of Sports Illustrated (SIDDFINCH with 9 letters)