Ghost story? Crossword Clue

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Ghost story? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. informal terms for a human head
2. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GHOST (verb)
1. haunt like a ghost; pursue
2. write for someone else
GHOST (noun)
1. a suggestion of some quality
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience
STORY (noun)
1. a record or narrative description of past events
2. a trivial lie

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TACIT

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17. Prefix with "present"

18. Farm grazer

19. "Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes)

20. Velociraptor, e.g., informally

22. ___ asada

24. Followers of the guru Nanak

26. Elate

28. Some fragrant gifts

29. Half ass reply?

30. Microscopic

32. Weight

34. Style with spotty coverage?

37. Good market news

39. Slip material

40. Tally: Abbr.

43. *Ex

44. Big name in cups

46. Contents of a modern flood

48. Lock

50. Some camera moves

52. Commedia dell'__

53. Needing no script

54. Deuce follower

56. "That's good to hear"

58. Home of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block)

61. Windflower

62. Play again

63. Cone holders

64. Cost of a hand

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1. Pastry with Austrian origins, despite its name

2. Cab alternative

3. Passe

4. Sanskrit honorific

5. Certain ladder climber

6. __ collar

8. Didnt play

9. Place where customers get their licks in?

10. Persistent

11. Home of the Ernest Hemingway House

12. Hidden gem

14. One who might say "You wish!"

15. Site of America's first roller coaster

16. T, in Morse code

21. "___ it?"

23. Locale for 11 Winter Olympics

25. Mix up

27. Tzatziki ingredient

31. Quality establishments?

33. M.C.'s need

35. Baseball trio

36. Symbol of courage

37. Satisfactory

38. Epic beginning

41. Saturn satellite

42. Runners carry it

45. Puts in one's two cents

47. Smith who has won the Triple Crown of Acting

49. Do business

51. Obstacle for Odysseus

55. ___ Point, Calif.

57. Central point

59. "OMG, stop!"

60. Pray, in Latin

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