New York Times - Nov 28 1997

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'Double Indemnity' novelist CAIN
'Goody!' OHBOY
'___ only' EYES
Actress Laurie of 'Roseanne' METCALF
Appropriate, in a way ANNEX
Arctic ___ TERN
Bothersome bedmate SNORER
Bow out RETIRE
Brine-cured cheeses FETAS
Climb SHINNY
Convictions BELIEFS
Critical ACUTE
Defensive ditches FOSSES
Desire CRAVE
Do well THRIVE
Eavesdropped LISTENED
Essay's basis IDEA
Fieri facias and others WRITS
Frequent 24-Down subject ALIENS
Freshens, in a way AERATES
Gift ___ WRAP
Give a wave? PERM
Hairy-chested MANLY
Hairy-chested VIRILE
Hall of fame MONTY
Heaven BLISS
Illegal race track workers DOPERS
Incessantly EVER
It's put away for winter ACORN
James Russell Lowell, for one EDITOR
Kind of gun CAP
Kind of wrench SOCKET
Land of peace and simplicity ARCADIA.
Made more precipitous STEEPENED
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Mourning sites PYRES
Nice work if you can get it SINECURE
Not real PHANTOM.
Object of March celebrations ERIN
Parts of meeting rooms DAISES
Phlebotomy target VEIN
Picture SCENE
Pipe part STEM
Prefix with stasis META
Public relations interpretations SPINS
Put on STAGE
Reducer ABATER
Relevance APTNESS
School subj. SCI
Secret fraternity MASONS
See 19-Across CONSPIRACY
Site of temptation EDEN
Some investors' income: Abbr. INT
Spanish stew OLLA
Statistical bit RATIO
Student of Seneca NERO
The believer MULDER
The skeptic SCULLY
Theme of this puzzle, with 'The' XFILES
Truthful qualities HONESTIES
Undermine SAP
Venomous, as a snake ASPISH
Very much APLENTY
Vituperates RANTS
Wallop PASTE
Wind-up toys? KITES
With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down GOVERNMENT
With the worst consequences FATALLY
___ Foods, Inc. OREIDA