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CursedWords #5 - Spinning out of Control

◆ · By apeminkie · Published 2024-10-13T18:13:05.151Z

🎃 A new CursedWords puzzle will be released every Monday, Thursday and Saturday during October 2024. To play the ones you missed, click the yellow [cursedwords] tag or visit this link: https://crosshare.org/tags/cursedwords
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  • apeminkie constructor · 2024-10-13T18:14:06.326Z
    This one got a little tangled up in release - apologies for the delay and thank you for solving!
    • zayd 4:46 · 2024-10-13T21:30:39.978Z
      the spider one is the most confusing
      Play today's daily mini crossword
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      Unlucky black animal
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      Across
      1. 1A
        Unlucky black animal
      2. 4A
        Check (out)
      3. 8A
        Status ____
      4. 11A
        One of Hollywood's "Wachowski Sisters", co-directors of "The Matrix Trilogy"
      5. 13A
        Enlist again, informally
      6. 14A
        Furthermore
      7. 15A
        Place providing cocoa butter and cucumber slices, neither of which are consumed
      8. 16A
        Lo-carb diet
      9. 17A
        TV recording sessions
      10. 20A
        "I can't see!"
      11. 21A
        Adjective describing "The Addams Family"
      12. 22A
        "____ Effect": phenomenon associated with a juror's perception of forensic science in the real world
      13. 24A
        Uppermost part of a family's coat of arms
      14. 25A
        Ref. that defines "bogeyman, boogeyman" and "grey, gray"
      15. 27A
        Not of this world
      16. 31A
        National language of Pakistan
      17. 33A
        "____-di-dah"
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        Marriage's connecting words?
      19. 36A
        Married name connecting word
      20. 37A
        Vamp
      21. 38A
        Org. familiar with products of 4-Across and 24-Across (likely advising their use after eating lots of Halloween candy)
      22. 39A
        Forbiddance
      23. 40A
        Component of one's guts
      24. 41A
        Takes a chair
      25. 42A
        Creation of this puzzle's hidden creature
      26. 43A
        Himalayan cryptid
      Down
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        Void
      2. 2D
        Dark backstreets, maybe
      3. 3D
        Savor
      4. 4D
        Commercial prefix to Balls or Caps
      5. 5D
        "The Friendly Ghost", in media
      6. 6D
        Egging and teepeeing are classic Halloween ones
      7. 7D
        Reaction to this puzzle's hidden creature, say
      8. 8D
        Cheese, en Español
      9. 9D
        Understanding
      10. 10D
        Study suffix
      11. 12D
        Creature drawn by the italicized clues
      12. 18D
        Buffet style encouraging the sin of gluttony: Abbr.
      13. 19D
        Member of a clique with a dark wardrobe, perhaps
      14. 22D
        Chocula and Duckula, to name two
      15. 23D
        Owing
      16. 25D
        No longer a cause of death, as of 2022
      17. 26D
        Water brand owned by Coca-Cola
      18. 27D
        After water, most prevalent component of human pee
      19. 28D
        Authorize
      20. 29D
        Palpitate
      21. 30D
        E.T. has an interaction with a trick-or-treater dressed as this "Star Wars" character
      22. 32D
        E.T. vehicles
      23. 34D
        Henchman, in a way
      24. 35D
        Saying of humility
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