Haunting fear papa’s harbouring dreadful secret? On the contrary Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPECTRE Haunting fear papa’s harbouring dreadful secret? On the contrary (7) The Times Cryptic Jul 5, 2022
56% FORMIDABLE Arousing fear or dread (10) (10) Mirror Classic Dec 12, 2025
56% TERROR Great fear or dread (6) (6) Puzzler Nov 1, 2025
52% EERIE Haunting (5) LA Times Mini Dec 12, 2025
49% CHERISH Harbour (7) Puzzler Backwords Dec 14, 2025
49% ABYSMAL Dreadful (7) Thomas Joseph Dec 1, 2025
49% HAVEN Harbour (5) The Telegraph Quick Nov 20, 2025
49% OBSESS Haunt (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 30, 2025
47% PERVERSE Deliberately contrary (8) Wall Street Journal Dec 18, 2025
47% LEST For fear that (4) Newsday Dec 17, 2025

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