(JOYCE CAROL) OATES, SOUL AT THE WHITE HEAT — Prose... is discourse; poetry ellipsis.... The one is... articulate and social, a shared language...; the other is private,... teasing, sly, idiosyncratic as the spider's delicate web, a kind of witchcraft unfathomable to ordinary minds.
| A. | Deliverer of enigmatic statements | ORACLE |
| B. | Foreshadow, portend | ADUMBRATE |
| C. | Hocus-pocus | TRICKINESS |
| D. | Inspiring dread, spooky | EERIE |
| E. | Be fulfilling; convince | SATISFY |
| F. | Vandalized in a way at Halloween | SOAPED |
| G. | Legendary Gaelic warrior who became a bard during old age | OSSIAN |
| H. | Solve, as a mystery | UNRIDDLE |
| I. | Misguided, deceived (2 wds.) | LEDASTRAY |
| J. | Cunning stratagem, subterfuge | ARTIFICE |
| K. | Scare the living daylights out of | TERRIFY |
| L. | Alarm bells | TOCSINS |
| M. | Unforgettable, sometimes in a disturbing way | HAUNTING |
| N. | What a haruspex studies when divining | ENTRAILS |
| O. | Lewis Carroll specialty | WORDPLAY |
| P. | Collection of ghost stories by Robertson Davies (2 wds.) | HIGHSPIRITS |
| Q. | Crane of fiction whose name means "inglorious" | ICHABOD |
| R. | "The ___ is long fingers and black hair" (Allen Tate) | TWILIGHT |
| S. | Spellbound, rapt | ENCHANTED |
| T. | Traditional magic using mojos | HOODOO |
| U. | Emanation in a seance; ghostly makeup | ECTOPLASM |
| V. | Omens seen in the patterns of flying birds | AUSPICES |
| W. | Reading material for some fortune-tellers (2 wds.) | TEALEAVES |