GR's Crossword Periodical

[StudioTan]

I reckon I know what 5 down is, but I'll leave it alone. I only know because Bret attempted it.

With 18 across, the skeleton, is it Spine?

It's not Spine! I'll admit, that one is a bit tricky!

ACROSS:
1. Lights ceremonial candles or slams Jabronies in the ring
2. This emergency device may be mistaken for a Phillip Glass piece from a distance
3. When this thickens, things tend to get interesting
4. A creepy guy that gives me goosebumps
5. It came all of a sudden while he nodded, nearly napping
6. A mean mechanical shark
7. A controversial first-person detective game that focuses on crime scene investigation and melee combat
8. "___ Pupil"
9. Stay off them! STAY OFF THEM!
10. Demon's Crest found its home here
11. A Persian swordsman from "Eternal Darkness"
12. When Jim or Bobby messes up
13. Found in some yards on Halloween
14. Special FX and prosthetic make-up artist
15. You'll need teeth from this monster to play a popular dice game in the epic poem, Beowulf
16. This operator can be a computer programmer's nightmare
17. Gnomes, leprechauns, and satyrs all share this characteristic
18. A skeleton needs one to pull out all the stops
19. This nocturnal monster was also the name of a secret, last-resort Nazi campaign

DOWN:
1. A sinister tag-team stable from the WWF Attitude days
2. Many of his works have been adapted into movies
3. Sometimes, death is better
4. Ground Zero of a certain zombie epidemic
5. For the most heinous and twisted criminals
6. Ancient identification for convicted criminals
7. "Ugh! Where do they come up with this stuff?"
8. An unwholesome atmosphere
9. Can be used to treat your flesh wound from Freddie's claws
10. The Riddler
11. A particularly morbid clown story
12. A staple of Autumn
13. "They mostly come at night, mostly."

 

[UghRochester]

Sorry, Ugh, but that's one too many letters. Think on it some more; you've got this!

D'oh!

is it "Gouger"?

 

[MattAY]

12 down: Pumpkin?!

 

[UghRochester]

Sorry, Ugh, but that's one too many letters. Think on it some more; you've got this!

D'oh!

is it "Gouger"?

Which would make that "Goblin" instead?

 

[MattAY]

2 Across - Siren?
5 Down - Asylum?
6 Down - Tattoos?

 

[StudioTan]

All right answers!

ACROSS:
1. Lights ceremonial candles or slams Jabronies in the ring
2. This emergency device may be mistaken for a Phillip Glass piece from a distance
3. When this thickens, things tend to get interesting
4. A creepy guy that gives me goosebumps
5. It came all of a sudden while he nodded, nearly napping
6. A mean mechanical shark
7. A controversial first-person detective game that focuses on crime scene investigation and melee combat
8. "___ Pupil"
9. Stay off them! STAY OFF THEM!
10. Demon's Crest found its home here
11. A Persian swordsman from "Eternal Darkness"
12. When Jim or Bobby messes up
13. Found in some yards on Halloween
14. Special FX and prosthetic make-up artist
15. You'll need teeth from this monster to play a popular dice game in the epic poem, Beowulf
16. This operator can be a computer programmer's nightmare
17. Gnomes, leprechauns, and satyrs all share this characteristic
18. A skeleton needs one to pull out all the stops
19. This nocturnal monster was also the name of a secret, last-resort Nazi campaign

DOWN:
1. A sinister tag-team stable from the WWF Attitude days
2. Many of his works have been adapted into movies
3. Sometimes, death is better
4. Ground Zero of a certain zombie epidemic
5. For the most heinous and twisted criminals
6. Ancient identification for convicted criminals
7. "Ugh! Where do they come up with this stuff?"
8. An unwholesome atmosphere
9. Can be used to treat your flesh wound from Freddie's claws
10. The Riddler
11. A particularly morbid clown story
12. A staple of Autumn
13. "They mostly come at night, mostly."

 

[Bretimus_v2]

4across rl stine

 

[UghRochester]

1 Down is "Bad Breed"

 

[StudioTan]

RL Stine is correct!! I wonder if he is still writing those books.

Ugh, that actually fits, but I was thinking of a different group!

 

[Bretimus_v2]

He had a cameo in the movie

 

[UghRochester]

RL Stine is correct!! I wonder if he is still writing those books.

Ugh, that actually fits, but I was thinking of a different group!

The Brood?
JOB Squad?

 

[Longo_2_guns]

6 Across:
Bruce

 

[StudioTan]

Over halfway there! Let's knock this one out!!

Here's what's left:

ACROSS:
5. It came all of a sudden while he nodded, nearly napping
9. Stay off them! STAY OFF THEM!
10. Demon's Crest found its home here
14. Special FX and prosthetic make-up artist
16. This operator can be a computer programmer's nightmare
17. Gnomes, leprechauns, and satyrs all share this characteristic
18. A skeleton needs one to pull out all the stops
19. This nocturnal monster was also the name of a secret, last-resort Nazi campaign

DOWN:
3. Sometimes, dead is better
7. "Ugh! Where do they come up with this stuff?"
8. An unwholesome atmosphere
9. Can be used to treat your flesh wound from Freddie's claws
13. "They mostly come at night, mostly."

 

[Master_Craig]

19 Across - Kraken?

 

[StudioTan]

Craig, I think you may have confused 17 and 19 across. #19 is the on the bottom right-hand side. I apologize that it is hard to read. I'll try to make everything as legible as possible for the next puzzle.

 

[UghRochester]

17 Dwarve?

 

[StudioTan]

Think more along the lines of a personality trait.

 

[UghRochester]

beards

 

[MattAY]

Haha! "He was strong, loyal, enthusiastic....and beard"

I'll go for 9 Down - Cotton?
then hope that special effects artist is some frenchie ending in "Blanc" or something haha!

And is 19 Across Cerberus?? Dont know if he's nocturnal or not?!

 

[StudioTan]

Nothing screams personality like a manly beard; maybe a womanly beard.

All wrong answers!

The SFX guy is known for his work on many classic horror flicks!