| CANDY | With 5-Down, 9+ billion kernels of it are produced annually (happy Halloween!) |
| GHOSTEMOJI | Image in some "Happy Halloween!" texts |
| YEARBOOK | Name a publication produced annually, containing information about the past 12 months (8) |
| HUBBLE | NASA Telescope that has made some 1.3 million observations including MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1 (or Icarus), a star some 9 billion light-years from Earth (6) |
| WHITETIGER | This is a good one for kids, having no black hat or cat to be seen at Hallowe'en! (5,5) |
| ARE | "We ___ dressed as monsters for Halloween!" |
| LATINAMERICA | Six places that are part of it are in this puzzle (5,7) |
| BISTRO | Or bits of it are found in a small bar (6) |
| SQUARELY | Honestly all four sides of it are equal, only second half (8) |
| THATIS | Short versions of it are held by cities' chief crier |
| CHALK | White Cliffs of Dover material - sticks of it are used to write on a blackboard |
| BACON | Veggie versions of it are often made from tempeh |
| PAINT | Small samples of it are called swatches |
| OFFLIMITS | Bootleg films of it are banned (3-6) |
| RATAFIA | Liqueur made from the leftover juice of champagne grapes mixed with brandy and flavoured with almonds or the kernels of peaches, apricots etc. (7) |
| SUCCOTASH | Stew consisting of kernels of corn, lima beans and tomatoes (9) |
| TOBE | All forms of it are excluded from the language E-Prime |
| LEAPINTHEDARK | Spring at night? The consequences of it are unknown! (4,2,3,4) |
| MARASCHINO | Liqueur made from and flavoured with the kernels of marasca cherries (10) |
| PERSICO | A cordial flavoured with the kernels of peaches and apricots (7) |
