Spooky story? Crossword Clue

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Spooky 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

SPOOKY (adjective)
1. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
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

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Mad" run

5. Twitch

10. Make small talk

14. Dos x cuatro

15. Michelangelo masterwork

16. Bat mitzvah or baptism

17. "Get well!" (In this answer, see letters 2-7)

19. Sephora rival

20. Stretched the truth

21. Pest ... or pester

22. "Je ne ___ pas" (French for "I don't know")

23. Vacant look

24. Like a mighty wind (... letters 2-5)

26. Fish in Hawaiian (not Greek!) cuisine

28. Nonurban outfitter

29. The lowdown

32. Pinpoint

36. Make up one's mind

39. Fixes glitches ... or unscrambles this puzzle's indicated letters?

42. Run a tab, say

43. Nancy who was the first Madam Speaker

44. Right away

45. St. Louis-to-Chicago dir.

47. They might be loose or tight

49. Alternative to the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse (... letters 3-8)

54. Target

58. Pearl Harbor's island

59. ___-Magnon

60. Under Cupid's spell

61. Silent signals

62. Like some lemurs (... letters 3-6)

64. Canal Opened in 1825

65. Cornell and Columbia

66. Part of a deck

67. Morning host Kelly

68. Wooden duck, say

69. Bohemian

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Down

1. Removes, as a hat

2. Nail the midterm

3. Biblical queendom

4. Hal who won a Tony for "Mark Twain Tonight!"

5. Zoomed

6. Orchestra's place

7. Health insurance giant

8. Sweet bargain

9. TV mom whose blue hair makes her 8-foot-6

10. Fictional castaway Robinson

11. Sidesplitting

13. Rib

18. [The lights green!]

24. Grave-robbing spirit

25. Unencumbered

27. Sunburn balm

29. ___ Jima

30. Presently

31. Roast beef sandwich served au jus

33. IT VIP

34. Befuddled

35. ___ Mints (Girl Scout cookies)

37. Org. fixated on eagles and birdies

38. Amt. of vanilla, maybe

40. Design deet

41. St. Peter's, for instance

46. Queasiness

48. Real first name of Queen Latifah

49. Lost cause

50. Indigenous New Zealander

51. Sharp-smelling

52. Take the wheel:

53. Type of bond or column

55. Back biter

56. Prevent, as a crisis

57. Abe's Mount Rushmore neighbor

60. ___-bitsy

63. Logical beginning

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