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Halloween Traditions
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- Glowing remnant of a Samhain bonfire carried home to relight the hearth (5)
- Chilly element filling the tub in a classic hands-free parlor challenge (5)
- Thread dipped in wax that keeps the porch sentry burning bright (4)
- Medieval Christian custom of begging for spiced cakes in exchange for prayers (7)
- Stringy, seed-filled mess scraped from a hollowed winter squash (4)
- Stemmed prize snagged purely with incisors in a parlor contest (5)
- Cultural origin of Samhain, the festival ushering in the dark half of the year (6)
- Ancient European populace whose festival of Samhain birthed Halloween (5)
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- Eerie illumination escaping through jagged carved grins (4)
- Facial concealment meant to confound spirits or startle friends (4)
- Fashion a toothy grimace into thick orange flesh (5)
- Starchy root carved into the very first Jack-o'-lanterns in Ireland (6)
- Thematic getup worn to disguise one's identity on All Hallows' Eve (7)
- Round, ribbed porch occupant transformed into a grinning sentinel (7)
- Remain buoyant, like Gala or Honeycrisp targets awaiting submerged jaws (5)
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