Word "GHOST" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
haunt like a ghost; pursue
Synonyms:
haunt, obsess

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
write for someone else
Synonyms:
ghostwrite
Examples:
How many books have you ghostwritten so far?

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a suggestion of some quality
Synonyms:
touch, trace
Examples:
he detected a ghost of a smile on her face

Crossword Clues for GHOST

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see 8 Across (5) Mirror Quiz 16 Aug 2025
Specter Eugene Sheffer 16 Aug 2025
Spirit of good party-giver The Times Quick Cryptic 16 Aug 2025
The -, 2007 novel by Robert Harris (5) Mirror Quiz 04 Aug 2025
Swayze film
Supernatural film starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze (5)
___ writers, "invisible" authors who might write spooky wordplay
Phantom (5) Mirror Classic 10 Jul 2025
Midnight host perhaps (5)
Spirit provided by good innkeeper The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jun 2025
1990 film in which Demi Moore plays the role of Molly Jensen (5)
He ain't got no body
Greek leader host for spiritual entity (5)
Spooky spirit Universal 09 Jun 2025
Kind of writer with spirit (5)
Basic Halloween costume Commuter 30 May 2025
1990 supernatural romance film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore The Times Specialist 26 May 2025
A good many may attend the seance (5)
German presenter has spirit (5) Mirror Cryptic 20 May 2025
Spectre Mirror Quick 20 May 2025
Movie that won Whoopi Goldberg an Oscar
___ Adventures , US paranormal activity reality series (5)
Singular example of Ibsen's work
German publican's spirit (5) The Guardian Cryptic 02 May 2025
1990 film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore (5)
Spectre The Telegraph Mini 02 Apr 2025
Spectral apparition (5)
Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore movie
Phantom, spook (5)
Good entertainer's faint appearance (5)
Blinky, Pinky, or Inky, in Pac-Man
Apparition, spirit (5)
Write work that's credited to another The Telegraph Mini 15 Mar 2025
1990 romance film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a psychic medium The Times Specialist Sunday 02 Mar 2025
It can precede town, train and writer; 30 Across The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Feb 2025
Hit 1990 drama film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore (5)
Gangleader put up shade (5)
Haunted house occupant Mirror Tea Time 21 Feb 2025
Jennifer Love Hewitt series, _ Whisperer (5)
Spook, spectre
Spirit served by good landlord
Phantom, visitant (5)
"___ of Tsushima," action-adventure video game that is set in Japan during the Mongol invasion
Grand crowd providing presence The Times Mephisto 19 Jan 2025
Grand crowd showing spirit
___ Rider, Marvel character with a flaming skull who'd make a toasty winter pal
Good landlord, provided spirit (5)
As an author, does one lack substance? (5)
Classic Halloween costume USA Today 15 Dec 2024
Halloween costume with a bedsheet New York Times Mini 15 Dec 2024
Type of carp seen by Scrooge? (5)
1990 romance for which Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar
Telling ___ stories, old spooky Christmas Eve tradition that is now closely associated with Halloween
Phantom, or a film starring Whoopi Goldberg (5)
Suggestion, spectre (5)
1990 Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore film (5)
Apparition; faint trace
& 22D 2008 comedy featuring Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni (5,4) Mirror Quiz 11 Nov 2024
2008 comedy featuring Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni (5)
Whoopi won an Oscar for it
Hamlet's father in Hamlet, e.g. The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 01 Nov 2024
___ writers, "invisible" authors who might write spooky wordplay
Apparition revealed by good entertainer
The ___, nickname of the boxer, Robert Guerrero that may remind you of a white-cloaked house haunter
Good media personality shows spirit The Times Quick Cryptic 21 Oct 2024
Hallowe'en costume that only needs a sheet? The Telegraph Plusword 07 Oct 2024
Spectre The Telegraph Quick 01 Oct 2024
Spook The Telegraph Mini 25 Sep 2024
Good person receiving guests is spectral figure (5)
After midnight a party-giver produces the spirit
Ubiquitous Halloween costume
Certainly shows spirit! (5)
House haunter Newsday 10 Sep 2024
Phantom The Times Concise 29 Aug 2024
Spirit shown by leader of Greek army (5)
Good landlord offers spirit (5) The Guardian Cryptic 26 Aug 2024
1990 Patrick Swayze film (5)
Film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a psychic LA Times Mini 18 Aug 2024
It can go before town, train and walk The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Aug 2024
Haunted house occupant Mirror Tea Time 09 Aug 2024
Spirit writer (5)
Good entertainer, one who writes for others The Times Quick Cryptic 22 Jul 2024
Hallowe'en TV host Elwy?
Spectre The Telegraph Quick 21 Jul 2024
Relations showing no lack of spirit! (5,7)
Spirit provided by good innkeeper (5) Puzzler Cryptic 11 Jul 2024
Phantom or visitant Mirror Classic 11 Jul 2024
Write for another if you have the spirit (5)
Die, give up the - (5)
1990 Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore film (5)
Visitant (5)
Hallowe'en costume often using a white sheet The Telegraph Plusword 13 Jun 2024
Haunting spirit (5)
Spirit of a grand American entertainer (5)
"]ust like an old time movie, about a ___from a wishing well" from Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" (5)
___ Rider, 2007 superhero film starring Nicolas Cage (5)
Good entertainer, one writing for another
Specter Eugene Sheffer 25 May 2024
Halloween costume Newsday 23 May 2024
Sort of writer with spirit? (5)
Phantom Mirror Tea Time 16 May 2024
Start to gleefully present spreadsheet's content
1990 film starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze (5)
Halloween cookie shape New York Times 13 May 2024
Could they be authors of ?The Wraith" and ?The Phantom Spirit"? (5,7)
Jilt by suddenly ending all communication with
Spooky apparition (Picture B)
Phantom Mirror Classic 18 Apr 2024
Phantom, spirit (5)
Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo New York Times 11 Apr 2024
Spirit provided by good host (5)
Spirit of a guerilla leader with an army (5)
See 20 Across Mirror Quiz 15 Mar 2024
Spirit of a grand entertainer?
___ in the Graveyard, kids' "spooky" game you might spot being played at 17a
Scrooge visitor LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2024
Spirit that's good entertainer (5)
Grand entertainer showing spirit (5)
They get into the spirit of known authors? (& 16dn.) (5,7)
House haunter Commuter 02 Jan 2024
Sheet-draped trick-or-treater
Spirit of game broken by Hearts wingers in shoot-out
Good publican offers spirit The Sun Two Speed 02 Dec 2023
Apparition The Sun Two Speed 02 Dec 2023
Spectral presence
Secondary image LA Times Daily 12 Nov 2023
Source of this puzzle's starred, haunted clues Universal 31 Oct 2023
Spirit featured in this puzzle’s theme Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2023
White-sheet Halloween costume Newsday 29 Aug 2023
Abruptly stop texting back USA Today 25 Aug 2023
Casper is a friendly one New York Times 31 Jul 2023
Alarming appearance of head of Greek army The Times Cryptic 04 Jul 2023
Phasmophobic's fear New York Times 29 Jun 2023
Haunted Mansion resident USA Today 24 Jun 2023
Unfriend, these days Newsday 17 Jun 2023
Drop without warning, in a way LA Times Daily 07 May 2023
Boo-ing haunted house character?
___ of Christmas Past, Dickens' character
Halloween costume made with a white sheet USA Today 10 Feb 2023
Subject of spirit photography USA Today 02 Feb 2023
Specter Eugene Sheffer 23 Dec 2022
Spirit of good army The Times Cryptic 24 Nov 2022
One haunting a haunted house USA Today 05 Oct 2022
Phantom Premier Sunday 02 Oct 2022
Suggestion from good master of ceremonies The Telegraph Toughie 21 Sep 2022
Spirit ... The Guardian Quick 14 Sep 2022
Blinky, Pinky, Inky or Clyde, in Pac-Man New York Times 29 Aug 2022
Spirit produced by good landlord The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Aug 2022
Spectre The Telegraph Quick 10 Jul 2022
Specter Eugene Sheffer 08 Jul 2022
Hallowe'en horror Canadiana 21 Feb 2022
Quarantining finally, carrier cut off all contact!
Spirit provided by good entertainer The Times Cryptic 28 Jan 2022
Casper was a friendly one
Halloween sheet wearer The Washington Post 17 Jan 2022
Halloween sheet wearer LA Times Daily 17 Jan 2022
Spectre The Telegraph Quick 15 Dec 2021
Film in shadow
Film in shadow The Guardian Cryptic 03 Nov 2021
Shape of a Halloween cookie, maybe USA Today 31 Oct 2021
Apparition The Times Concise 18 Oct 2021
Suddenly stop returning texts, say The Washington Post 09 Oct 2021
Suddenly stop returning texts, say LA Times Daily 09 Oct 2021
Spectre, wraith Irish Times Simplex 24 Aug 2021
1990 romantic thriller starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze
Suddenly cease communicating with Wall Street Journal 15 Jul 2021
Suggestion in meeting, finally present The Telegraph Toughie 06 Jul 2021
Apparition The Sun Two Speed 22 May 2021
Good publican offers spirit The Sun Two Speed 22 May 2021
Word before 'town,' 'story' or 'pepper' USA Today 19 May 2021
___ Rider, superhero film based on the Marvel comics of the same name based on a character who fights Mephistopheles, the devil's son
Phantom The Telegraph Quick 05 Apr 2021
Spectre The Telegraph Quick 18 Mar 2021
Suggestion from good master of ceremonies
Abruptly stop responding to texts, say USA Today 02 Mar 2021
"The Canterville ___," 1996 TV film starring Patrick Stewart as Sir Simon de Canterville
"Giving Up the ___," 2003 memoir by Hilary Mantel which won the MIND Book of the Year prize
Suggestion from good crowd? The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Dec 2020
Good old army spirit
See 50-Across Universal 11 Dec 2020
White Halloween costume Newsday 01 Dec 2020
Apparition The Telegraph Quick 26 Oct 2020
Spirit shown by good party organiser
Haunted house resident Thomas Joseph 10 Sep 2020
1990 film starring Patrick Swayze The Telegraph General Knowledge 07 Sep 2020
Stop texting back, slangily Universal 23 Aug 2020
Spectre The Times Concise 09 Aug 2020
Easy-to-make Halloween costume Newsday 09 Jul 2020
Write someone else's book? That's the spirit
"Mission: Impossible - ___ Protocol," 2011 action spy film in which Simon Pegg played the role of Benji Dunn
White-sheet Halloween costume Newsday 20 Apr 2020
German army's spirit
___ Rider, Latin American Marvel superhero who is a character in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Specter USA Today 03 Dec 2019
Apparition Thomas Joseph 16 Nov 2019
Scrooge sighting Newsday 14 Nov 2019
Easy Halloween costume Universal 27 Oct 2019
Good entertainer providing spirit
Spirit Thomas Joseph 21 Sep 2019
Write for another USA Today 11 Sep 2019
Visitor to Scrooge USA Today 12 Aug 2019
Open gin for party boss - it's an unbelievable spirit Irish Times Crosaire 16 Jul 2019
Apparition The Times Concise 28 May 2019
Spirit, spectre The Times Concise 23 May 2019
Casper was a friendly one
Haunted house resident Wall Street Journal 29 Apr 2019
Spectre, wraith Irish Times Simplex 11 Apr 2019
White-sheet wearer, on Halloween The Washington Post 18 Feb 2019
White-sheet wearer, on Halloween LA Times Daily 18 Feb 2019
Easy Halloween costume
Write for another
Visitor to Scrooge
Haunted house resident
White-sheet wearer, on Halloween
Grand present sticks in trees (9, two words)
Type of writer that gives good present? The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Nov 2018
Opens gin for party boss - it's an unbelievable spirit Irish Times Crosaire 14 Nov 2018
Abruptly end a relationship with by ignoring texts, calls and such LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2018
Abruptly end a relationship with by ignoring texts, calls and such The Washington Post 04 Oct 2018
. Suggestion from head office to avoid tax
Classic Halloween costume New York Times 24 Jul 2018
Suggestion of grand crowd …
Army's joined with good spirit The Telegraph Cryptic 19 May 2018
Pac-Man adversary USA Today 17 May 2018
Casper the friendly ___ Family Time 25 Feb 2018
Spirit of Van Gogh, ostensibly
Good landlord serves spirit
Classic Halloween costume
Leave a party without telling anybody
Abruptly end a relationship with by ignoring texts, calls and such
Pac-Man adversary
Being hunted on an old Syfy program The Washington Post Sunday 03 Dec 2017
Specter Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2017
Haunting one Premier Sunday 12 Nov 2017
Specter Universal 08 Nov 2017
Supernatural spirit
He might make himself clear Wall Street Journal 30 Aug 2017
Type of writer with no credit Universal 02 Jul 2017
Casper was a friendly one
A haunter of houses
Casper, for one
Faint trace Newsday 22 Apr 2017
Good landlord, in spirit
Good army haunt
Popular word game New York Times 11 Mar 2017
Specter
Popular word game
Type of writer with no credit
Nearly Headless Nick at Hogwarts, e.g Wall Street Journal 10 Dec 2016
Simple Halloween costume Wall Street Journal 29 Nov 2016
Haunted house haunter Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2016
White figure in Snapchat's logo LA Times Daily 12 Oct 2016
Classic word game New York Times 25 Sep 2016
Quickie Halloween costume New York Times 14 Sep 2016
Spirit The Times Concise 10 Jul 2016
Christmas Present had one in Dickens The Chronicle of Higher Education 08 Jul 2016
Specter Newsday 26 Jun 2016
Wraith Premier Sunday 17 Apr 2016
Good army film
Specter Jonesin 22 Mar 2016
Spirit finally deserting army The Telegraph Toughie 01 Mar 2016
Many a trick-or-treater Newsday 26 Feb 2016
Casper, for one USA Today 19 Jan 2016
Whoopi's Oscar film Universal 11 Jan 2016
Quickie Halloween costume
Casper, for one
Whoopi's Oscar film
Christmas Present had one in Dickens
Classic word game
Hamlet's father, e.g.
Hamlet's father, e.g USA Today 17 Dec 2015
Good landlord provides spirit The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Aug 2015
Seance figure USA Today 05 Aug 2015
Head of German army is someone without much presence The Telegraph Toughie 17 Jun 2015
Haunting memory LA Times Daily 14 Jun 2015
1990 film that featured "Unchained Melody" on its soundtrack LA Times Daily 16 May 2015
Dead man walking? New York Times 26 Apr 2015
House haunter Newsday 14 Apr 2015
Good landlady should be invisible like this?
Hamlet's father in 'Hamlet,' e.g The Chronicle of Higher Education 13 Mar 2015
Haunted-house inmate Universal 17 Feb 2015
Haunted-house inmate
Dead man walking?
Seance figure
Haunting memory
Hamlet's father in "Hamlet," e.g.
1990 film that featured "Unchained Melody" on its soundtrack
House haunter
White Halloween costume
13 Great MC's spirit
Army after good spirit
It may be white as a sheet
Snapchat logo
Séance guest, supposedly
House haunter
Haunting presence
Shade
See circled letters
Straub's "___ Story"
Scrooge visitor
Campfire story character
Classic family car game
One of Scrooge's four visitors
Costume for [circled letters] on Halloween
Casper, for one
Band of Horses "Is There a ___"
Whoopi's Oscar movie
Good party organiser, one whose work is bound to be misattributed
1990 Whoopi Goldberg Oscar film
Casper, famously
Film for which Whoopi won her Oscar
Behind-the-scenes writer
Spirit
Spirit
Hamlet's vision
Spirit from good landlord
1990 romantic fantasy film with Patrick Swayze
Movie that featured "Unchained Melody"
10/31 costume
Hamlet's father, for one
Poltergeist
Transparent personality?
Halloween costume
House haunter
Casper is a friendly one
Visitor to Scrooge
Transparent personality?
Glimmer
Dead head?
Word game ... or a word that can precede the starts of 18-, 26-, 43- and 54-Across
1990 Demi Moore film
Kind of town
Easy-to-make Halloween costume
White-sheet wearer, on Halloween
Pac-Man enemy
TV-picture problem
Banquo, in "Macbeth"
Hamlet's vision
Word game often played on road trips
Word with story or writer
1990 Demi Moore film
Basic Halloween costume
Doppelganger
Banquo appears as one
Apparition
Write surreptitiously
He might make himself clear
Word game popularized by James Thurber
Kind of town or story
Pac-Man adversary
Game often played in the car
Mrs. Muir's beau
Haunted-house spirit
Pen without credit
Pac-Man predator
Write (for)
1990 Whoopi Goldberg Oscar film
Haunting thing
Not much of a chance?
Scrooge's bane
Secondary image
White-sheet wearer's depiction
Author's writer
Phantom
Not much of a chance?
Simple Halloween costume
1990 Whoopi Goldberg Oscar film
Secondary image
White-sheet wearer's depiction
Author's author
Scrooge's bane
Haunting thing
Visitor in Act I of "Hamlet"
Whoopi's Oscar film
Specter
Semblance
Straub's "___ Story"
Write (for)
Macbeth tormentor
Write (for)
Semblance
Best Picture nominee of 1990
Hamlet's father, for one
1990 Moore/Swayze fantasy
See 44-Across
1990 Moore/Swayze fantasy
Hamlet's father, for one
Write without credit
Whoopi Goldberg Oscar film
Doppelgänger
Word game often played on long car trips
Write for another
Casper, e.g.
Phantom
Write without credit
Reception problem
Casper, e.g.
Reception problem
That's the spirit!
Swayze/Moore film
Word game
Spelling game
Specter
TV reception problem
Hamlet's father, e.g.
Mere semblance
Certain transparency
TV reception problem
Halloween decoration figure
1990 Demi Moore film
White House resident, supposedly
Disembodied spirit
1990 Swayze/Moore film
Mere semblance
Spelling game
Moore/Goldberg film
Straub's "_____ Story"
Trace image
Casper, for one
Poltergeist
Kind of town
Phantom
Easy-to-make Halloween costume
Possible cause of goose bumps
Apparition
Spirit provided by good entertainer
Mrs. Muir's visitor
Patrick Swayze/Whoopi Goldberg film
Haunting presence
1990 Whoopi Goldberg film
Kind of story
Basic Halloween costume
Haunted-house inmate
Haunted house feature
Apparition
Whoopi's Oscar movie
Scrooge's visitor
Wolf Larsen's ship
Revenant
Ship in The Sea Wolf
Hamlet's father in Act I
Marley in "A Christmas Carol"
Marley, e.g.
"The Galloping ___" (Red Grange)
Word game
Poltergeist
Kind of town
TV-screen annoyance
Oct. 31 walker
Mrs. Muir's friend
Kind of writer
"Hamlet" character.
Banquo at the banquet.
Write for another who takes credit.
Phantom.
"The Canterville ___":—Wilde.
Banquo's terrifies Macbeth.
Character in "Hamlet.”
TV interloper.
"Hamlet" role
Character in "Hamlet"
Representative of Marley or Banquo.
Marley, for instance.
Faint glimmering.
Write things for another's signature.
Unwanted secondary image on TV screens.
Role in "Hamlet."
Glimmering.
Type of writer.
Character in "A Christmas Carol."
Invisible author.
TV annoyance
Hamlet's father.
Literary unknown.
"Hamlet" role.
TV reception problem.
TV shadow.
Inkling.
Shakespearean role.
Eerie spirit.
Character in "Hamlet."
Kind of writer: Colloq.
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