| Costume for [circled letters] on Halloween | 42 |
| Clear spirit? | 13 |
| Classic family car game | 23 |
| Certain transparency | 20 |
| Casper is a friendly one | 24 |
| Campfire story character | 24 |
| Behind-the-scenes writer | 24 |
| Banquo, in "Macbeth" | 30 |
| Band of Horses "Is There a ___" | 41 |
| Author's author | 19 |
| Any of four that chase Pac-Man | 30 |
| 10/31 costume | 13 |
| "The Galloping ___" (Red Grange) | 42 |
| Ibsen play | 10 |
| Disembodied spirits | 19 |
| Some trick-or-treaters | 22 |
| Uncredited authors, for short | 29 |
| Uncredited authors | 18 |
| Scrooge's visitors | 22 |
| Haunted house inhabitants | 25 |
| Halloween costumes | 18 |
| Bad guys pursuant of peace, man | 31 |
| "A Christmas Carol" characters | 40 |
| Uncredited writers | 18 |
| TV wraiths | 10 |
| They're represented in sheets | 33 |
| Target of some reality show hunts | 33 |
| Some hunters' quarries | 26 |
| Reception problems | 18 |
| Many Halloween costumes | 23 |
| Jacob Marley and Hamlet's father | 36 |
| Ibsen drama | 11 |
| House haunters | 14 |
| Hotel inhabitants in "The Shining" | 44 |
| Haunting figures | 16 |
| Halloween images | 16 |
| Halloween cookie shapes | 23 |
| Halloween characters | 20 |
| Common Halloween costumes | 25 |
| Castle denizens | 15 |
| 1960 horror film, "13 ___" | 36 |
| One sending a poltergeist via FedEx? | 36 |
| Eerie tale | 10 |
| Halloween tale | 14 |
| Campfire tale | 13 |
| Scary tale | 10 |
| Scary campfire narrative | 24 |
| It may unfold around a campfire | 31 |
| Campfire recitation | 19 |
| Campfire offering, perhaps | 26 |
| Campfire favorite | 17 |
| "Turn of the Screw," e.g. | 35 |
| Abandoned Wild West locale | 26 |
| Tumbleweed locale, stereotypically | 34 |
| Spooky place? | 13 |
| Place that once went boom | 25 |
| Place that had a boom before its doom | 37 |
| Deserted area | 13 |
| Abandoned Old West site | 23 |
| Abandoned Old West locale | 25 |
| They have lots of space available | 33 |
| Relics of the Wild West | 23 |
| Homes for closet skeletons | 26 |
| Be a secret author | 18 |
| Take cash but not credit? | 25 |
| Pen for no credit | 17 |
| Draft behind closed doors? | 26 |
| Do a behind-the-scenes job | 26 |
| Compose for another | 19 |
| Author without credit | 21 |
| Author anonymously | 18 |
| Uncredited author | 17 |
| Secret collaborator | 19 |
| Real author, perhaps | 20 |
| Halloween correspondent? | 24 |
| Author's secret collaborator | 32 |
| Author who'll never make a name for himself | 47 |
| Sorensen, to Kennedy | 20 |
| Many an autobiographer's need | 33 |
| He or she can't be known | 28 |
| Collaborator of a sort | 22 |
| Behind-the-scenes author | 24 |
| Author who gets no credit | 25 |
| Author of scary stories? | 24 |
| Pens for someone else | 21 |
| Becomes an unknown author on Halloween? | 39 |
| Grave robber | 12 |
| One who commits grave offenses? | 31 |
| He commits grave crimes | 23 |
| Halloween figure | 16 |
| Halloween persona | 17 |
| Grave-robbing demon | 19 |
| Macabre being | 13 |
| Graverobber | 11 |
| Grave plunderer | 15 |
| Grave offender? | 15 |
| Undead flesheater | 17 |
| One present in spirit? | 22 |
| One committing grave crimes? | 28 |
| Morbid one | 10 |