This Holy Spot

by Judy Miller

       
             
         
           
         
         
         
         
       
           
         
         
         
           
         
         
           
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A.   Appraisal

B.   Neckerchief

C.   Smart aleck

D.   Clumsy (hyph)

E.   PP&M hit from 1967 (the words don`t get in the way)
(6)

F.   Snitch

G.   Elizabeth and Philip`s fourth (4)

H.   Showy

I.   Curie discovery

J.   Start of Maryland`s nickname (2)

K.   Type of life jacket (2)

L.   Buck or Jesse

M.   Yet

N.   Senior military official

O.   Spiritual public speaker and author of "The Power
of Now" (2)

P.   "How now, you secret, black, and ___ hags!" (Macbeth)

Q.   Malocclusion expert

R.   Rabble

S.   Fish bait

T.   Couple

U.   Alignment

V.   Sharply perceptive

W.   Pulitzer Prize-winner for E.O. Wilson, 1979: "On
___" (2)

X.   Fumblerule that sometimes ends in "espouse elucidation"
(2)

Y.   Office supply

Z.   Twain`s ideal life: good friends, good books, and
___ (3)

AA.   Supporting cast for Chaplin (2)

AB.   Madame Bovary

AC.   Samuel Morse`s "What ___ . . ."

AD.   "___ Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America
. . ."

AE.   Rome cofounder

AF.   Like the publication of "A Death in the Family"

AG.   Vivacious

AH.   Focus of Woody Harrelson`s "Living Cuisine" (2)

AI.   British-Indian author appointed a Knight Bachelor
in 2007 (2)

AJ.   Bookshelf for many

AK.   Extravagant passion

AL.   "Dance of the Spirits" to the Cree (2)

AM.   Ballpark ___

AN.   Utopia coiner (2)

AO.   Stevenson, according to Nixon in 1952

AP.   Dwight Moody, e.g.

AQ.   Aggressive reporter

AR.   The end of love?

AS.   Steinbeck title taken from a Burns poem (4)

AT.   Berlin`s ___ Schoeneberg

AU.   Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set,
and Nephthys (2)

AV.   Mexican state

AW.   Its state meal is fried okra, squash, cornbread,
barbecue pork, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken fried steak, pecan pie, and black-eyed peas

AX.   1960s Tom Lehrer hit (be grateful it doesn`t last
all year) (3)

AY.   Our author`s first and middle names (2)