Wall Street Journal - Jun 16 2006 - June 16, 2006 - The Autobiography of Reverend Spooner

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'...and I'm a pretty ___ if I do say so myself' PRAYERFEAST
'...and like any ___ of sin...' SPECTERTHATREEKS
'...and point out that only the souls of the righteous will be ___' HAULEDTOKEVIN
'...I believe my most important task is helping the ___...' WEEDIERNUNS
'...which is probably why I have such a ___' FLAPPYHOCK
'DisneyWar' subject EISNER
'Each week I deliver a ___ to the congregation...' SOLUBLEVERMIN
'Gaspard de la Nuit' composer RAVEL
'I'm the ___ of our local church...' PAINMASTER
'Les Mots' author SARTRE
'Like any good ___...' CLANOFTHEMOTH
'Lou Dobbs Tonight' carrier CNN
'My job does not end with being ___, however' SINISTERONMONDAY
'Puppy Love' singer ANKA
'The Far Side' cartoonist LARSON
'The Future of an Illusion' author FREUD
'The Wanderer' singer DION
1,500-mile-long range URALS
Absolutely perfect IDEAL
Actionable statements SLANDERS
Adjective for a shoppe OLDE
Again and again? TREBLY
Approximately CIRCA
As bad luck would have it ALAS
Ascends dramatically SOARS
At the ___ the day ENDOF
Atlantic Records co-founder Herb ABRAMSON
Audition rejects HAMS
Babble PRATE
Bad place to meet MIDAIR
Bana of 'Munich' ERIC
Black Beauty's creator SEWELL
Boosler of comedy ELAYNE
Brown weasel STOAT
Bump big-time RAM
Burglar's bane ALARM
Came out with SAID
Camera part IRIS
Card game for three SKAT
Catherine's 'Chicago' co-star RENEE
Chevy SUV TAHOE
Chmn.'s cousin PRES
Class act? TEST
Classified wrongly by archaeologists MISDATED
Closable channel SLUICE
Collected dust SAT
Commuter's choice BUS
Conclusion lead-in ERGO
Cook the outside of SEAR
Cricketer's sweater feature VNECK
Crux MEAT
Do a cobbler's job RESOLE
Early times MORNS
Fair-haired boy, possibly ALBINO
First fellow ADAM
Gofer's job ERRAND
Got more out of REUSED
Grammy-winning Eric Clapton song LAYLA
Heavy hammers MAULS
Hitching post? CHAPEL
Hollywood Boulevard fixtures STARS
How childhood might be remembered DIMLY
Immoral conduct VICE
Indistinct MISTY
Inform the host RSVP
It may bring a glow to your hearth EMBER
Its state flag features a vicuña PERU
Jazz pianist Chick COREA
LAPD dispatches APBS
Clues Answers
Lecturer's venue HALL
Light desserts? FLAMBE
Like beach bums TAN
Like most comfort food HOMEMADE
Like the helm while tacking ALEE
Long throws, in Ultimate Frisbee HUCKS
Macbeth, for one THANE
Maine river explored by Champlain KENNEBEC
Make fish and chips FRY
Maker of the Royale sedan REO
Mariah Carey's '___ Like That' ITS
Mint brand ANDES
Monopoly token choice HAT
More paltry MEASLIER
Mother of Helen of Troy LEDA
Muffin pan grease OLEO
Music lover's collection DISCS
Octavia's husband NERO
One that gets punched out CHAD
Option writers GRANTORS
Overhaul REDO
Palme ___ (film award) DOR
Part of M.O. OPERANDI
Phone button sounds TONES
Physicist Fermi ENRICO
Piece-keeping org. NRA
Potent punches SANGRIAS
Printer's unit REAM
Producer of the first quartz watch SEIKO
Psyche's love EROS
Quarterback Steve MCNAIR
Quod ___ demonstrandum ERAT
Rack up INCUR
Reel off NAME
Refrain from church AMEN
Return YIELD
Rice-Eccles Stadium player UTE
Righteous JUST
Rockies ruminant ELK
Roman counterpart of 59-Across AMOR
Rounded part LOBE
Sachet scent LILAC
Send in REMIT
Sizable hike TREK
Slowly, in scores LENTO
Snap-together brand LEGO
Snoopy's first owner LILA
Specialized knowledge ARCANA
Sports drink suffix ADE
Steakhouse choice TBONE
Subscription card, e.g. INSERT
Supported HELPED
Termite-resistant wood TEAK
The same article or book IDEM
They send out letters EVICTORS
Toward the dawn EAST
Tract AREA
Traveler's need VISA
Trust eroders LIES
Uncle Remus honorific BRER
Uppercut target CHIN
Venerate ADORE
Wahine accessory LEI
Weakness ANEMIA
Wells works SCIFI
Where slips may be showing MARINA
Witty remark JAPE
Work with wheat THRESH
___ nous ENTRE