Halloween 2024

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Across
  1. 3. A word used both to describe candies and fires
  2. 5. Not your average John Pumpkin
  3. 6. The name of the comedian gone horror film writer
  4. 10. The day of the week things generally launch
  5. 11. The hat worn by the younger brother Greg in Over the Garden Wall (2014)
  6. 16. The most popular candy for Halloween 2023 in Illinois
  7. 17. The "ghostly" friend of Wendy the Witch
  8. 20. Last name of the Wicked Witch of the West
  9. 22. THe titular were-rabbit from Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
  10. 23. The setting of Halloween (1978)
  11. 25. The name of the 2005 DCOM featuring the Mowry twins based on a book of the same name
  12. 27. A tool, a piece, a villain, a band, and a movie serial killer
  13. 29. A Gaelic tradition dating over 500 years similar to trick-or-treating
  14. 31. Something without substance, often a feeling or vision
  15. 35. One of two Celtic festivals believed to be the source of many Halloween traditions
  16. 36. The name of the club from It (1986)
  17. 39. The irrational phobic disorder likely found from films like It (1990) and countless others
  18. 40. Boxing champion and a picture show
Down
  1. 1. The late wife of Horace Nebbercracker, Monster House (2006)
  2. 2. The movie universe said to be the highest-grossing horror franchise
  3. 4. The town not too far from Greendale, the setting of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  4. 7. The science, not his creation
  5. 8. The parasitic creatures found throughout the Alien franchise
  6. 9. Morticia Addams (née _____)
  7. 12. Places explored often by the younger of the Mario Bros.
  8. 13. Jack Skellington's Ghost-Dog
  9. 14. Famous detective who experiences a multipart long Halloween
  10. 15. Third of his name, national hero of Romania, and the inspiration of the monster of the same name
  11. 18. The middle color on most candy corn
  12. 19. The 1985 film that has three different endings
  13. 21. The first name of the zombie from Hocus Pocus (1993)
  14. 24. The flavor of the "haunted" Beetlejuice soda
  15. 26. A time of day and name of a best-selling book
  16. 28. The eyes of people from the Other World in Coraline (2009)
  17. 30. Something done with apples and hair
  18. 32. The non-profit that runs a fund-raising "Trick-or-Treat" each October
  19. 33. The first name of Aggie Cromwell from the Halloweentown franchise
  20. 34. The name of the bounty hunter from the 1986 video game heavily inspired by the Alien franchise
  21. 37. The profession of Ichabod Crane
  22. 38. The female novelist often credited as the pioneer of the science-fiction genre