Answer: MONSTER
MONSTER is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 38 times.
Referring Clues:
- Cookie ___
 - Loch Ness dweller, they say
 - The Green __ (Fenway's left field wall)
 - Scary film staple
 - Elmo, e.g.
 - See 51-Across
 - *2003 film
 - Sci-fi creature
 - Mad scientist's creation
 - Movie for which Charlize Theron won an Oscar
 - Dr. Frankenstein's creation
 - Horror-movie sort
 - Horror movie sort
 - Lab creation?
 - Threatening force
 - ... and his most famous role
 - Nessie, e.g.
 - Ogre
 - Godzilla, e.g.
 - What each of seven answers in this puzzle is
 - Frankenstein, e.g.
 - Universal Studios role of 1931
 - Buyer of HotJobs.com in 2010
 - Ginormous
 - Bogeyman
 - Horror film heavy
 - Frankenstein creation
 - Rodan or Godzilla
 - What a child may think is under the [puzzle's central image]
 - Kid's nighttime fear
 - Behemoth
 - Beverage brand whose logo depicts three claw marks
 - Under-the-bed figment, hopefully
 - Chimera or sphinx
 - Centaur or chimera
 - The original Frankenstein wasn't one, despite popular belief
 - Under-the-bed resident, in a child's imagination
 - Word after "Cookie" or "Gila"
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - January 01, 2025
 - New York Times - January 10, 2023
 - New York Times - December 17, 2021
 - LA Times - November 05, 2019
 - USA Today - January 01, 2019
 - LA Times - August 18, 2018
 - New York Times - November 25, 2017
 - USA Today - July 31, 2017
 - New York Times - July 19, 2017
 - New York Times - September 11, 2016
 - USA Today - June 15, 2016
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 16, 2016
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 22, 2015
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 21, 2015
 - LA Times - February 28, 2015
 - Netword - January 31, 2015
 - New York Times - October 31, 2013
 - New York Times - October 04, 2013
 - LA Times - October 31, 2012
 - New York Times - March 18, 2012
 
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