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Arcane Anxieties: Cryptic Phobia Lexicon
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Across
  • 1. Fear of darkness intertwined with cultural mythos about unseen threats.
  • 2. Common yet complex clinical fear tied to medical procedures and immunology.
  • 4. Irrational dread of the color associated with cowardice and certain flowers.
  • 7. Rare dread of spiders’ subtleties, linking arachnids to folklore fears.
  • 9. Not a phobia, but the science of celestial alignments; wordplay hint.
  • 10. Not a phobia but a hint: describes something wicked; rooted in Latin 'nefarius.'
  • 11. Ancient terror of premature burial, inspiring gothic literature’s morbid plots.
Down
  • 3. Ironically named dread of long words, coined as a lexical inside joke.
  • 5. Disquietude about knowledge itself, echoing epistemological skepticism.
  • 6. Irrational fear rooted in nature worship and botanic symbolism.
  • 8. Paranoiac fear of eyes watching, crossing psychology and panopticon theory.
  • 12. Fear of hands’ subtle touch or gestures, often evoked in ancient palmistry.
  • 13. Aversion to labor linked historically to ethical discussions about work’s value.

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