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Arcane Anxieties of Niche Phobias
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Fear of clouds, looming sky terrors
  • 2. Fear of having a pebble in one's shoe, literally stony distress
  • 3. Irrational fear of ants marching or invading
  • 4. Phobia of bells, a jingling dismay
  • 7. Fear of being buried alive, from necrotic lore
  • 15. Irrational dread of heavy things—weighty worries
  • 16. Fear of silence, absence of sound troubles
  • 20. A cursed dread, or ironically feared condemnation
Down
  • 5. Aversion to eye contact, social barrier phobia
  • 6. Obscure dread of bald people, odd stereotype unease
  • 8. Unease surrounding hands, personal extremities' dread
  • 9. Fear of jelly or gelatinous substances
  • 10. Trepidation triggered by one’s own reflection
  • 11. Yellow-hued terror, a chromatic aversion
  • 12. Anxiety caused by otters, aquatic pranksters
  • 13. Paranoia about graves or cemeteries
  • 14. Fear of intellectuals—fear complexly layered
  • 17. Phobia of smells, particularly chlorine’s sharp scent
  • 18. Fear of trees—arboreal anxiety
  • 19. Shadowy state that inspires fear between light and dark

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