Alligators in the Sewers of New York

5. In, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city.
7. A fictitious or true narrative or story.
10. The traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community.
11. To make a statement or story more interesting by adding extra, often untrue, details.
13. A thing that is known or proved to be true.
16. Causing repulsion or horror; grisly.
18. Seeming reasonable or probable.
20. Unclear or indistinct.

1. Belief in or acceptance of something as true.
2. The quality or state of being in accordance with fact or reality.
3. Recorded in written or other forms as evidence.
4. The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
6. The underlying support or foundation for an idea or argument.
8. A large reptile with a broad snout, central to a famous New York sewer legend.
9. To make sure or demonstrate that something is accurate or justified.
12. A traditional story that is popularly regarded as historical but is not authenticated.
14. An underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.
15. The central or most important part of something, often of truth in a story.
17. Acutely distressing or disturbing.
19. A widely held but false belief or idea, often of ancient origin.