Across
- 4. Classic witch catchphrase and cult movie
- 5. Closet resident you hope nobody finds out about
- 6. An ancient parent
- 7. Cornfield security system
- 9. Like your friend’s texts after midnight
- 11. Witch’s favorite cocktail
- 16. Octo-decorator
- 17. Seasonal gourd that ends up as pie or decoration
- 19. What to use when Uber’s too expensive
- 20. The ultimate “rest stop”
- 21. Both at the bar and in the afterlife
- 25. Pointy hat enthusiast
- 26. Song that keeps dance floors alive since 1982
- 28. The only place people are truly dying to get into
- 29. Deck that predicts love, doom, or laundry day
- 32. Poe’s favorite bird
- 33. Universal ghost greeting
- 35. Verbal hex often muttered in traffic
- 36. He sucks, but people still invite him in
- 37. A talented mouse
- 38. Divisive Halloween candy—love it or hate it
- 40. Jack’s glowing headgear
Down
- 1. Vampire’s favorite cocktail
- 2. What you get from horror movies or drafty houses
- 3. Genre that makes you close one eye
- 8. The reason so many packages arrived the last 2 weeks
- 10. What enables Dentists
- 11. Ghost with better branding
- 12. What you call a Halloween hangover
- 13. What you hope for when you knock
- 14. Happens on dating apps or in haunted houses
- 15. Hides wrinkles better than Botox
- 18. The “or else” half of Halloween
- 19. Classic TV show with a twitchy nose
- 22. Creepy thing that follows you everywhere
- 23. Pet that doubles as a bad luck warning
- 24. He’s shocking at parties (literally)
- 25. Hairiest guy at the party
- 27. Halloween cookware
- 30. Free Halloween decorations nobody cleans up
- 31. Spider’s Internet
- 34. Vampire’s K9
- 38. Warm fall drink that hides the rum well
- 39. A bad sign you can’t ignore