Haunted Houses

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Braided cord that feeds a sputtering flame in the gloom (4)
• Cast-iron wall bracket holding a flickering flame (6)
• Suspended crystal ornament known to sway when footsteps echo upstairs (10)
• Upper story where forgotten trunks and unsettling heirlooms gather grime (5)
• Hidden floor mechanism concealing a subterranean descent (4)
• Narrow wax light held while exploring midnight corridors (5)

Down

• Sorrowful nocturnal sound carried through heating vents (4)
• Creaking entryway barring intruders from overgrown estate grounds (4)
• California mansion built with bizarre dead-end stairs to confuse spirits (10)
• Ornamental vessel on a mantel that may unexpectedly tremble (3)
• Subterranean zone where furnace groans compete with damp silence (6)
• Drafty hall lined with eyes painted on ancestral portraits (8)
• Phantom breeze felt in an airtight drawing room (5)

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