| Crone in a fairy tale, say |
|
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| Old crone in a fairy tale, perhaps |
|
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| Witchy woman from old tales |
|
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| Wizened witch |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 May 2026 |
| Supernatural crone with a penchant for curses |
|
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| Scary old woman in fairy tales |
|
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| Scary old woman in fairytales (rhymes with "bag") |
|
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| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Cauldron stirrer in fairytales, often |
|
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| Witchy woman |
|
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| Scary old crone in fairytales |
|
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| Crone |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Scary old woman in fairy tales |
|
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| Supernatural crone with a penchant for curses |
|
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| "Hansel and Gretel" figure |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Witch |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Harpy |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Old crone |
|
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| Many a fairy tale baddie |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2025 |
| Old, scary woman in fairy tales |
|
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| Old, scary woman in fairytales |
|
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| Witchy woman |
|
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| Old, scary woman in fairytales |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2025 |
| Witchy woman from old tales |
|
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| Witchy woman from old tales |
|
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| Witch, hot, with silver (3) |
|
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| One of Merle Haggard 's sobriquets (3) |
|
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| "Hateful, withered ____", Richard III to Margaret (Shakespeare) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Witch of Carthage? |
|
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| Wicked spell caster |
|
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| Witch beheaded cormorant (3) |
|
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| Supernatural crone with a penchant for curses |
|
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| Crone hides in Copenhagen (3) |
|
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| Witchy woman |
|
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| Witch from a fairy tale |
|
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| Witch's trick eliminating Knight |
|
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| Witch-like woman |
|
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| Found the ugly woman in the bog ... (3) |
|
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| Old, scary woman in fairy tales |
|
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| Merle Haggard LP featuring Jesus, Take A Hold (3) |
|
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| Scary old woman in fairytales |
|
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| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Crone |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Unpleasant or ugly old woman (3) |
|
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| Book between Zeph. and Zech. |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Mirror cracker, perhaps |
|
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| Old Carthaginian witch? |
|
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| In "Macbeth" a grisly character (3) |
|
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| Harpy |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Evil Queen's disguise in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Descriptive of a broomstick! (3-6) |
|
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| "Hansel and Gretel" figure |
|
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| James of film |
USA Today Quick |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Nasty term for an older woman (don't be a jerk!) |
|
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| Old witch from Carthage |
|
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| Scary old woman in fairytales |
|
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| Ugly old woman; witch |
|
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| Witch, crone (3) |
|
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| Old, scary woman in fairytales |
|
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| In Carthage, she might have been burnt (3) |
|
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| Ugly fairy-tale character? |
|
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| Old woman, witch (3) |
|
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| It may take a witch to introduce hydrogen to silver (3) |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Apr 2024 |
| The witch of Carthage |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Fairy tale stock character often considered misogynistic |
|
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| An ugly old woman |
|
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| Witch in ancient Carthage (3) |
|
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| Witch |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Scary old woman in fairytales |
|
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| Broomstick rider |
|
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| Wicked spell caster |
|
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| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Feb 2024 |
| Supernatural crone with a penchant for curses |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Chanter in Macbeth |
|
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| Witchy woman, in folklore |
|
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| Old crone, witch (3) |
|
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| Witchy woman |
|
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| Witch from a fairy tale |
|
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| Witch-like woman |
|
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| Scary old woman in fairytales, say |
|
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| Old, scary woman in fairy tales |
|
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| Crone |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Synonym for "witch" |
|
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| Witchy woman |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Harpy |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Aug 2023 |
| Fairy tale witch |
|
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| Fairy tale witch |
|
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| Broomstick-riding witch, say |
|
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| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Broomstick rider in a story book |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Fairytale crone |
|
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| Folklore witch |
|
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| Old crone |
|
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| Evil woman in fairy tales |
Premier Sunday |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Witchy woman in fairytales |
|
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| Crone in a fairy tale, say |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Feb 2023 |
| "Hansel and Gretel" witch |
|
|
| Witch |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Crone |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Dec 2022 |
| "Macbeth" role |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2022 |
| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Witch from a fairy tale |
|
|
| Crone |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2022 |
| "Hansel and Gretel" witch, for one |
|
|
| Folklore crone |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Witchy woman |
|
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| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Aug 2022 |
| Crone |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Witch |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Sea ___ (witch who is Popeye's nemesis) |
|
|
| ___fish |
Family Time |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Witch |
Family Time |
01 May 2022 |
| Witch |
The Times Concise |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Old crone |
|
|
| Old crone |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Harpy |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Folklore villain |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2021 |
| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Crone |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2021 |
| 'Macbeth' role |
|
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| Fairy tale witch |
|
|
| "Macbeth" role |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Crone |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Witch from a fairy tale |
|
|
| Witchy woman of folklore |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Witchy woman of folklore |
|
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| Ugly witch |
Premier Sunday |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Witch |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Crone |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Witch |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| One of three in the opening scene of 'Macbeth' |
|
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| One of three in the opening scene of "Macbeth" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2021 |
| Old broomstick rider in fairytales |
|
|
| I'm exasperated about nasty old lady |
|
|
| Scary old woman in fairytales |
|
|
| Magical D&D foe |
|
|
| Crone |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jun 2021 |
| "Hansel and Gretel" figure |
|
|
| Fairytale figure |
|
|
| Harpy |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Witch |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Old woman from folklore |
|
|
| Fairy tale figure |
|
|
| Sea ___ (enemy of Popeye) |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Witchy woman from old tales |
|
|
| Witchy woman from old tales |
|
|
| Crone |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Fairy tale villain |
|
|
| Crone |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Witch |
|
|
| Witch |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Old, scary woman in fairytales |
|
|
| Witch |
New York Times |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Witch, unaffectionately |
Family Time |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Fabled broom rider |
|
|
| Fabled broom rider |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2020 |
| Broomstick rider of fables |
Family Time |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Malevolent magic user of folklore |
|
|
| Witchy woman in fairytales |
|
|
| '___-Seed' (Atwood novel) |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2020 |
| 'Macbeth' role |
|
|
| "Macbeth" role |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2020 |
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Witchy woman, in old stories |
|
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| "Witch" in old stories |
|
|
| Mexican rodent |
|
|
| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Folklore crone |
|
|
| Folklore crone |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Witch |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2019 |
| Ugly fairy-tale figure |
Premier Sunday |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Fairy tale menace |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Witch, stereotypically |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Choose the villain for your fairy tale! (1/3) Fairy tale witch with a broom, perhaps |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2019 |
| Stereotypical witch |
Family Time |
20 Jan 2019 |
| 'Hansel and Gretel' character |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Witch |
|
|
| "Hansel and Gretel" character |
|
|
| Witch, stereotypically |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Witchy one |
Universal |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Synonym for a witch |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Cauldron stirrer |
|
|
| Wizened witch, in certain fairytales |
|
|
| Old ___ (witchy one, in a book) |
|
|
| An old crone, usually a villain in a storybook |
|
|
| Old ___ (witchy one, in a book) |
|
|
| Witch |
Universal |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Old crone |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Cauldron stirrer of literature |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Old crone |
|
|
| 'Hansel and Gretel' figure |
|
|
| "Hansel and Gretel" figure |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2018 |
| Witch kin |
Universal |
30 May 2018 |
| "A freckled whelp ___-born": Prospero's cruel description of Caliban in "The Tempest" |
|
|
| Old witch |
USA Today |
21 May 2018 |
| One of three in 'Macbeth' |
|
|
| Old crone's coarse tobacco lacking substance at first |
|
|
| 'Macbeth' trio member |
|
|
| Storybook crone |
|
|
| Storybook crone |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Scary woman |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2018 |
| 'Macbeth' character |
|
|
| "Macbeth" character |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2018 |
| Crone |
|
|
| Crone |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jan 2018 |
| Old witch |
|
|
| One of three in "Macbeth" |
|
|
| "Hansel and Gretel" figure |
|
|
| "Macbeth" character |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Storybook crone |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Old crone |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer of literature |
|
|
| Witchy one |
|
|
| Witch kin |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Witch |
Family Time |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Crone |
Universal |
23 Dec 2017 |
| Spooky woman |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Wizened caster of spells |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2017 |
| Old crone, a witch-like woman |
|
|
| Woman with a stereotypically warty nose |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Witch |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Witch |
Premier Sunday |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Witchy woman |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2017 |
| Old witch |
Universal |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Witch |
|
|
| Beldam |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2017 |
| Broomstick rider |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2017 |
| Crone |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2017 |
| One of a 'Macbeth' trio |
|
|
| Storybook baddie |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2017 |
| "Macbeth" cauldron stirrer |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Crone |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Beldam |
|
|
| Folklore crone |
|
|
| Old witch |
|
|
| Woman with a stereotypically warty nose |
|
|
| Wizened caster of spells |
|
|
| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Halloween figure |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2016 |
| Hardly a beauty queen |
|
|
| Storied cauldron stirrer |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Halloween costume |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Witchy woman |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2016 |
| Evil Queen's disguise in 'Snow White' |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2016 |
| No beauty |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
Family Time |
08 Aug 2016 |
| World of Warcraft figure |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Evil Queen's disguise in 'Snow White and Seven Dwarfs' |
New York Times |
20 May 2016 |
| Threat to Hansel and Gretel |
Family Time |
15 May 2016 |
| Ugly witch |
|
|
| "Blue-eyed" one in "The Tempest" |
Universal |
06 Mar 2016 |
| Broomstick rider |
Universal |
20 Feb 2016 |
| One who might crack a mirror |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Old crone |
Universal |
24 Jan 2016 |
| What Prospero calls Caliban's witch mother |
Newsday |
09 Jan 2016 |
| World of Warcraft figure |
|
|
| Old crone |
|
|
| One who might crack a mirror |
|
|
| Halloween costume |
|
|
| Halloween figure |
|
|
| Gorgon, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
27 Dec 2015 |
| Witch‘s laugh before midnight? |
|
|
| The Bard's witch |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Common Halloween costume |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Halloween costume character |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Beldam |
Universal |
06 Jul 2015 |
| Old crone |
Premier Sunday |
31 May 2015 |
| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Witchy type |
Premier Sunday |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Crone |
|
|
| Witchy type |
|
|
| Common Halloween costume |
|
|
| Halloween costume character |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Beldam |
|
|
| The Bard's witch |
|
|
| Gorgon, e.g. |
|
|
| Old crone |
|
|
| Witchlike character |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer |
|
|
| Wizened witch |
|
|
| Besom rider |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| Old biddy |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Halloween costume option |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| "Blue meagre __, or stubborn unlaid ghost . . .": Milton |
|
|
| Halloween figure |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Withered woman |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Hardly a knockout |
|
|
| Woman on a broomstick |
|
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| No beauty |
|
|
| Miss America she's not |
|
|
| Withered woman |
|
|
| Ugly witch |
|
|
| Beldame |
|
|
| Poison apple presenter |
|
|
| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Gorgon, e.g. |
|
|
| Wizened woman |
|
|
| Threat to Hansel and Gretel |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| "Hansel and Gretel" figure |
|
|
| Hansel and Gretel adversary |
|
|
| Witchlike woman |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer |
|
|
| Definitely not a hottie |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Old witch |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer |
|
|
| Wizened woman |
|
|
| Dungeons & Dragons villain |
|
|
| Cauldron tender |
|
|
| "Macbeth" trio member |
|
|
| Witch, stereotypically |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Hardly a beauty |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Cauldron tender |
|
|
| "Macbeth" trio member |
|
|
| Halloween figure |
|
|
| Wizened woman |
|
|
| Hardly a beauty |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| One of three at the start of "the Scottish play" |
|
|
| Old crone |
|
|
| Threat to Hansel and Gretel |
|
|
| Witchlike character |
|
|
| Old biddy |
|
|
| Cauldron stirrer |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Something Spooner might have "flung out" |
|
|
| Witch, to Shakespeare |
|
|
| Unlikely beauty pageant winner |
|
|
| Gorgon |
|
|
| Broom Hilda, e.g. |
|
|
| The Bard's witch |
|
|
| Blue-eyed one in "The Tempest" |
|
|
| Witch, to Shakespeare |
|
|
| Witch |
|
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| Crone |
|
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| A beauty she's not |
|
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| Crone |
|
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| Witchy type |
|
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| Shrew |
|
|
| "Macbeth" figure |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Halloween persona |
|
|
| Battle-ax |
|
|
| Battle-ax |
|
|
| Unlikely beauty pageant winner |
|
|
| Frightful female |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Gorgon |
|
|
| She-demon |
|
|
| Wart sporter |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Virago |
|
|
| Witchy woman |
|
|
| Sorceress |
|
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| Old witch |
|
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| Crone |
|
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| Broomstick rider |
|
|
| Sorceress |
|
|
| Battle-ax |
|
|
| "Macbeth" figure |
|
|
| A nymph she's not |
|
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| Wart sporter |
|
|
| Unlikely pageant winner |
|
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| Harridan |
|
|
| Beldam |
|
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| Shrew |
|
|
| Hardly a beauty |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| Beldam |
|
|
| Shrew |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Enchantress, in Shakespeare |
|
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| Old crone |
|
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| Beldame |
|
|
| Broom Hilda, e.g. |
|
|
| Ugly old woman |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Beauty queen, not |
|
|
| Beldame |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| Old witch |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| Beldam |
|
|
| Repulsive woman |
|
|
| Makeover challenge? |
|
|
| Gorgon |
|
|
| Witch hidden in this puzzle's theme entries |
|
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| She's no Venus |
|
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| Hardly a beauty |
|
|
| Shrew |
|
|
| One who might crack a mirror |
|
|
| Broom rider |
|
|
| Broom Hilda, e.g. |
|
|
| Evil-looking old woman |
|
|
| Harpy's kin |
|
|
| Quagmire: Brit. |
|
|
| No Miss America |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| "Thimble Theatre" sea-dweller |
|
|
| "Blue-eyed" one in "The Tempest" |
|
|
| Hardly a nymph |
|
|
| Distaff demon |
|
|
| Gorgon |
|
|
| Shrew |
|
|
| Sea ___ (Popeye villain) |
|
|
| Sorceress |
|
|
| Coven member |
|
|
| Fairy tale figure |
|
|
| Female demon |
|
|
| Halloween costume character |
|
|
| Fairy tale figure |
|
|
| Hardly a beauty |
|
|
| The Bard's witch |
|
|
| Scary-looking lady |
|
|
| Broom Hilda, e.g. |
|
|
| Halloween get-up |
|
|
| Appearance-challenged woman |
|
|
| Old bat |
|
|
| Old one |
|
|
| Harridan |
|
|
| Crone |
|
|
| Grimalkin |
|
|
| Enchantress |
|
|
| Gorgon |
|
|
| Termagant |
|
|
| Witch |
|
|
| Slatternly woman |
|
|
| Ulrica, in "Ivanhoe" |
|
|
| Ugly one |
|
|
| Slovenly woman |
|
|
| Weird sister. |
|
|
| Harpy. |
|
|
| Kind of fish. |
|
|
| Harridan. |
|
|
| Enchantress. |
|
|
| Old witch. |
|
|
| Crone. |
|
|
| Witch. |
|
|
| Fag ___ |
|
|
| She demon. |
|
|
| Macbeth adviser. |
|
|
| Character in "Macbeth." |
|
|
| A girl, in Navy slang. |
|
|
| Eel-like fish. |
|
|
| Beldam. |
|
|
| Broomstick rider. |
|
|