NOUN: "a state of intense or overwhelming fear" Crossword Clue

We have the 6-letter answer for NOUN: "a state of intense or overwhelming fear" crossword clue, last seen in the Missing Letter Crossword April 12, 2026 puzzle. Sometimes we all need some help finding the answer!

NOUN: "a state of intense or overwhelming fear" Crossword Answer

→22.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a person who inspires fear or dread
2. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OVERWHELMING (adjective)
1. very strong; urgently felt
2. so strong as to be irresistible
INTENSE (adjective)
1. extremely sharp or severe
2. (of color) having the highest saturation

More Missing Letter Crossword (4/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "a precious stone"

6. List of choices to click on

10. ABBREVIATION: "[a financial specialist] who has met the requirements of a state law"

13. "Pick ___!" (shout to a bad driver)

14. Martinique et Guadeloupe, e.g.

15. Goddess of discord

16. NOUN: "a property of chaotic systems (such as the atmosphere) by which small changes in initial conditions can lead to large-scale and unpredictable variation in the future state of the system"

19. NOUN: "a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms"

20. Org. with lists of ranked movies

21. Tell a tall tale

25. The same

28. Attention-getting grunt

30. ADJECTIVE: "having a fast-moving [pace]"

34. ABBREVIATION: "the term of office of an administrative officer or body"

37. Actor Morales in the recent "Mission: Impossible" movies

39. Swinging ring king

40. NOUN: "a thin breaded veal cutlet"

44. Historian's period

45. It has a Huron County

46. ADJECTIVE: "shabby; run-down"

47. NOUN: "the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations)"

50. NOUN: "an opening in a wall or fence"

52. Tending to order others around

54. NOUN: "the basic monetary unit of Czechia"

58. PHRASE: "used to emphasize a statement"

61. Suffix with pepper

63. ___ sequitur (irrelevant reply)

64. NOUN: "the act or practice of conspicuously displaying one's awareness of and attentiveness to political issues"

69. Another county of 45-Across

70. COMBINING FORM: "guest; foreigner"

71. One who brings tanks into the water

72. NOUN: "a strong desire or propensity"

73. Acorn makers

74. ADJECTIVE: "appealingly piquant or lively"

All Answers

Down

1. Frill of lace

2. VERB: "to avoid adroitly"

3. Clear drink

4. Suffix with "consist"

5. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "(Nelle) Harper 1926–2016 American novelist"

6. Irritate

7. Kemper in "Happiness for Beginners"

8. Middle Eastern flute

9. Find work for

10. Language spoken by about 85,000 Canadians

11. NOUN: "a member of a people of the north of Scotland who are first noted in historical records in the late third century"

12. Regarding

15. Both kings start a chess game on it

17. ADJECTIVE: "seldom occurring or found"

18. ADJECTIVE: "having a continuous horizontal surface"

23. Crops need it

24. German for "without"

26. NOUN: "a thick-shelled edible clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) of the U.S."

27. ___ arms (irate)

29. Fits well (with)

31. Pencil puzzle

32. Said "not guilty," maybe

33. Like macadamia nuts

34. Totally amazed

35. ___ Straits ("So Far Away" band, 1985)

36. NOUN: "animal tissue considered especially as food"

38. ___-fi

41. Becomes inedible

42. '. . . which ___ say . . .'

43. Suffix with mule

48. Online money-back

49. Socially unacceptable, to Brits

51. Related to

53. Grabbing sound in cartoons

55. They award PhDs

56. NOUN: "a combination of nine instruments or voices"

57. ___ Birds

58. Phil of poker fame

59. Boggy area

60. Ireland, poetically

62. They're not it in for the money

65. Start for skeleton

66. Vast expanse

67. Wood-shaping tool

68. Tell a cover story

All Answers