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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

DASH
A quick run

PALL
Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

5 letters

PANIC
Be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

START
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

DAUNT
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

SPOOK
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

ALARM
A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

ACRES
Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

6 letters

RUSTLE
Make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

TACTIC
A plan for attaining a particular goal

FRIGHT
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

7 letters

STARTLE
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

TERRIFY
Fill with terror; frighten greatly

PETRIFY
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"

UNNERVE
Disturb the composure of

8 letters

SCAREOFF
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

AFFRIGHT
An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

FRIGHTEN
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

9 letters

SCAREAWAY
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

10 letters

INTIMIDATE
Make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"

11 letters

PANICATTACK
A sudden attack of fear

FRIGHTENOFF
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

12 letters

FRIGHTENAWAY
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"