Answer: STARTLE
STARTLE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 30 times.
Referring Clues:
- Shock
 - Shake up
 - Scare suddenly
 - Catch off-guard
 - Make the hair stand on end
 - Curl one's hair?
 - Alarm
 - Say "Boo!" to, say
 - Catch off guard
 - Spook
 - Give a turn
 - Take by surprise
 - Cause to jump
 - Surprise with a "Boo!"
 - Give a fright
 - Scare
 - Frighten
 - Surprise suddenly
 - Taken by surprise
 - Take by suprise
 - Creep up on
 - Scare slightly
 - Surprise
 - Frighten suddenly
 - Shakeup
 - Catch unaware
 - Surprise from hiding
 - React to a jump scare
 - What a ghost might do to you
 - Cause to jump, say
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - May 21, 2025
 - New York Times - April 21, 2025
 - LA Times - April 08, 2025
 - New York Times - December 02, 2024
 - New York Times - May 05, 2024
 - New York Times - November 19, 2023
 - New York Times - June 13, 2023
 - LA Times - February 01, 2022
 - LA Times - May 30, 2020
 - New York Times - October 22, 2019
 - Netword - October 13, 2019
 - New York Times - July 10, 2018
 - New York Times - October 28, 2017
 - Universal - May 01, 2017
 - Netword - April 24, 2017
 - USA Today - June 22, 2016
 - LA Times - March 20, 2016
 - USA Today - December 04, 2015
 - USA Today - May 21, 2015
 - LA Times - December 13, 2014
 
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