1
						2				3		4
														5		6
										7
	8					9
																					10
		11
		12															13
												14				15
										16
17
					18

Across 2. used to express contempt or disapprobation or to startle or frighten 4. an evil demon, originally of Oriental legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc. 7. a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, esp. that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period. 8. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 11. a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin. 12. the evening of October 31 observed esp. by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks 15. an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror. 16. causing fright or alarm. 17. an ugly or mean old woman; hag 18. a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed

Down 1. a grotesque sprite or elf that is mischievous or malicious toward people. 3. Bad luck when crossed 4. the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons. 5. the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming. 6. a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb. 9. a children's Halloween custom, in which they call on neighbors, using this phrase, and threaten to play a trick if a treat is not given. 10. any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 12. inhabited or frequented by ghosts 13. any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people. 14. Count, the central character in this novel: the archetype of a vampire.