| TERRIFIC | Wicked and frightening (8) |
| RATTLING | Talking on and on and frightening one (8) |
| MONSTERS | Large and frightening creatures (8) |
| EERINESS | Strange and frightening quality (8) |
| DEMONISE | To portray as wicked and threatening (8) |
| PERVERSE | The rep is upset over a poem that's wicked and wrong (8) |
| SHEDEVIL | Get rid of wicked and spiteful woman |
| DT | A medical condition resulting from excessive alcohol use over a long stretch and characterized by sweating, trembling, anxiety and frightening hallucinations |
| GRIMACESHAKE | McDonald's beverage that, when drunk, supposedly leads to ridiculous and frightening consequences (and a literal description of the circled letters) |
| EERIE | Weird; strange and frightening |
| EERILY | In a strange and frightening way |
| EERIEST | Most strange and frightening (7) |
| SPOOKY | Strange and frightening (informal) (6) |
| WEEPINGANGELS | Popular and frightening "Dr. Who" monsters |
| MONSTER | Large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature (7) |
| HAIRY | Furry and frightening (5) |
| DRAWING | Describing as "a doctor and frightening" (7) |
| DTS | A violent physical condition characterized by sweating, trembling, anxiety, and frightening hallucinations resulting from alcohol withdrawal |
| ELVES | Related to the German for "nightmare", beings originally thought of as more dwarfish and frightening than the fairylike mischievous sprites typically depicted today (5) |
| THELIONSDEN | Unpleasant and frightening place or situation (3,5,3) |
