| WALPURGIS | --- Night is the night of a witches' sabbath in German folklore (9) |
| NIGHT | Name given to the evening of April 30th, believed to be the night of a witches' sabbath in German fo |
| OUR | "It is the night of ___ dear Savior's birth" |
| EVE | The night of a big event |
| VINCENT | 'Starry, starry night' is the opening line of Don McLean's tribute song |
| SNOWWHITE | Beautiful princess originating in German folklore (4,5) |
| TOEOFFROG | Ingredient in a witches' brew |
| CHESS | It involves kings and queens in a witches' sabbath (5) |
| ERLKING | In German folklore, a malevolent elf or goblin of the forest who lures people, especially children, to their deaths (3-4) |
| MEPHISTOPHELES | Demon in German folklore who originally appeared in the Faust legend |
| SIBYLRITES | What goes on at a witches' sabbath? |
| EDWOOD | B-movie director in "Fugitive Girls" w/ Con Covert, in "Tender is the Night" w/ Cesare Denova, in "Animal House" w/ Kevin Bacon, in "The Woodsman" w/ Mos Def, in "Monster's |
| SEDER | A Hebrew ritual for a night of a passover |
| JUMPY | Nervous as the star performer on the opening night of a flea circus? (5) |
| TILLEULENSPIEGEL | Practical joker of German folklore, depicted in a Richard Strauss tone poem |
| NEWT | Eye of ___ and toe of frog (ingredients in a witches' brew) |
| FITZGERALD | F. Scott -; novelist who wrote The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night and the short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (10) |
| BENEDICTION | Jackson Browne "Tender is the night, and the ___ of the neon light" |
| EVITA | Musical with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" |
| YESTERDAYS | The old strayed dreadfully before start of Sabbath in past times (10) |
