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Obscure Anxieties and Esoteric Phobias
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Dread of clouds as seen through a meteorological lens
  • 2. The ancient dread of darkness and the void of night
  • 3. An ancient dread tied to the accumulation of coin and capital
  • 4. Fear triggered by reflections that reveal too much self
  • 7. Creeping terror provoked by the absence rather than the presence of light
  • 9. An arboreal terror, fearing the wooden giants of the forest
  • 10. The mental barrier against overwhelming speed, both literal and figurative
  • 11. An aversion to laughter's strange and uncontrollable contagion
  • 13. Primal horror inspired by the wolf-like archetypes of folklore
  • 16. Anxiety caused by the mere sight or thought of hands
Down
  • 5. Fear of relatives who are also in-laws, blending family ties with dread
  • 6. Avoidance rooted in an irrational aversion to the color of ripe wheat
  • 8. Flying feathered fear with roots in ancient avian mythology
  • 12. Wind’s invisible threat inducing paralyzing unease
  • 14. A visceral fear of the crimson fluid of life itself
  • 15. Dread inspired by mirror images, hinting at distorted realities
  • 17. Anxiety about the very experience of dread
  • 18. Obsessive dread of uncleanliness and invisible contaminants

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