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A Match Made In Heaven

ANSWER: CHINSTRAP

Author: Paul Melamud

In the completed grid there are 9 across entries which feature a “Holy ___” exclamation from the Batman TV show from the 1960’s. Each of these crosses a word reading down which can be combined with BAT to form a new word or phrase. The letters at the crossings spell out the answer, CHINSTRAP.