M(ARINA) WARNER, NO GO THE BOGEYMAN — Bluebeards, ogres and child-snatchers are close cousins to other... spirits that nurses... have invoked to scare... children into obedience.... The most notorious of night visitors, the Sandman,... throws sand in wakeful children's eyes.
| A. | Teratophobe's fear | MONSTERS |
| B. | Activity for which the 15th-century "Malleus Maleficarum" served as a handbook(2wds.) | WITCHHUNT |
| C. | Shock with amazement | ASTOUND |
| D. | Lucky talisman (2 wds.) | RABBITSFOOT |
| E. | Place inhabited by mummies and ghouls | NECROPOLIS |
| F. | Spooky, unearthly | ELDRITCH |
| G. | Possessed (by), as terror | RIDDEN |
| H. | Nymphs of the deep | NEREIDS |
| I. | Egyptian king of the netherworld | OSIRIS |
| J. | Horripilation (2 wds.) | GOOSEFLESH |
| K. | Conspicuously bizarre | OUTLANDISH |
| L. | 1845 poem about a student's macabre tormentor (2 wds.) | THERAVEN |
| M. | Salem-born author of the story "The Haunted Mind" | HAWTHORNE |
| N. | Under a spell | ENCHANTED |
| O. | Diabolical practices of evil sorcerers (2 wds.) | BLACKARTS |
| P. | Vaults filled with bones | OSSUARIES |
| Q. | Having the appearance of a wraith | GHOSTLIKE |
| R. | Fade away into nothing | EVANESCE |
| S. | Linguistic source for the demon known as "dybbuk" | YIDDISH |
| T. | Medium for many a spine-chiller | MOVIES |
| U. | Souls revered in some tribal societies | ANCESTORS |
| V. | Dreamy composition evoking darkness | NOCTURNE |