___ variable, spooky-sounding "spirit" term for a placeholder or "dummy" variable used in programming formulas Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GHOST ___ variable, spooky-sounding "spirit" term for a placeholder or "dummy" variable used in programming formulas (5)
5% THETA Angle variable in geometry (5) New York Times Aug 23, 2026
5% PARAMETER Program variable (9)
4% EERIE Spooky (5) Newsday Oct 19, 2026
4% ERIE Spooky-sounding lake (4) Universal Oct 16, 2026
4% TBD Sched. placeholder (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 16, 2026
4% YEARNINGS Variable pay packet leads to such desires (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 12, 2026
4% IDIOT Dummy (5) New York Times Mini Oct 11, 2026
4% CUNEIFORM Old symbols of numeric variable (9) The Times Cryptic Aug 21, 2026
4% ZINC Variable edge not hard in metal (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Aug 14, 2026
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