What this puzzle's theme words aim to do

Question:

Answer:

SCARE

Length:

Similar Crossword Questions:

Question not asked in this puzzle's theme words
Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet)
What the self-contradictory words found in this puzzle's theme answers are examples of
Choice words swapped in this puzzle's theme answers
Place to use this puzzle's theme words?
Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers
Theme word inside this puzzle's theme words
Like the theme words in this puzzle?
Famous last words (and homophonically, a hint to this puzzle's theme)
Engagement gift (both words suit this puzzle's theme)
Attendance check, and a hint to the puzzle theme in the first words of the starred answers
Traditional location of one of this puzzle's theme words
Place to fix this puzzle's theme words?
"Magic" words that are the theme of this puzzle
Pleasure trip, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Casino game that's the basis of this puzzle's theme
Letters featured in this puzzle's theme
Need bailing, or what five entries in this puzzle can do to make two overlapping words or phrases
Character who, in an 8/15/1939 Hollywood premiere, speaks the first words of this puzzle's five other longest answers
This puzzle's theme, succinctly
Living room reading that includes this puzzle's theme
Timothy who preached the message found in this puzzle's theme
Valentine's Day card signoff (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)
Oxford American Dictionary's 2012 word of the year, and the key to this puzzle's theme
Winter storm occurrences ... and a hint to the theme of this puzzle