THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
by Greg Brume
Solution: FIRE-DAMAGED
2nd Square: F. Murray Abraham, not Sean Connery
4th Square: As I Lay Dying, not The Sound and the Fury
5th Square: R. Crumb, not Harvey Pekar
8th Square: Moses E. Herzog, not Whitey Herzog
11th Square: Joan D. Vinge, not John Varley
14th Square: James A. Michener, not James Gould Cozzens
20th Square: M. Night Shymalan, not Kevin Smith
26th Square: Oakland A's, not Oakland Raiders
29th Square: Kenny G, not Yanni
31st Square: E Pluribus Unum, not carpe diem
34th Square: Dwight D. Eisenhower, not Lyndon Johnson
Each of these replacements contains a stand-alone letter. In order, they spell FIRE-DAMAGED.