| Grouchy |
CRANKY |
| High card in poker |
ACE |
| Horror story shared around the internet |
CREEPYPASTA |
| Inventor played by Bowie in "The Prestige" |
TESLA |
| Lead-in to "worth" or "care" |
SELF |
| Like the key of a sad tune, maybe |
MINOR |
| Mermaids' homes |
SEAS |
| Novelty Halloween song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" |
MONSTERMASH |
| One with a shallow lifestyle? |
WADER |
| Out of control |
AMOK |
| Refuses to |
WONT |
| Remark after a viral hot take, perhaps |
DONTATME |
| Restaurant specializing in online orders ... or where you might find 20-, 33- and 42-Across? |
GHOSTKITCHEN |
| Rowing implements |
OARS |
| Running speed |
PACE |
| Scrubs hard |
SCOURS |
| Skips the formal wedding |
ELOPES |
| Sought office |
RAN |
| Spiral shell |
CONCH |
| Sticky stuff |
GOO |
| Taylor Swift, to Swifties |
IDOL |
| The first (but not the fourth) letter in "circle" |
SOFTC |
| Tibetan ethnic group |
SHERPA |
| Tons |
ALOT |
| Vogue rival |
ELLE |
| Web page code |
HTML |
| ___-Bismol |
PEPTO |
