1984 horror film "A Nightmare on ___ Street" — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the October 8 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
ELM
3 letters
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October 8 2026
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April 16 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword April 16 2026
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February 14 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword February 14 2026
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June 2 2025
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Daily Themed Crossword June 2 2025
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January 17 2022
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Daily Themed Crossword January 17 2022
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"A Nightmare on ___ Street 3: Dream Warriors," 1987 horror film starring John Saxon, where Freddy hijacks a TV and pulls a girl through the screen
ELM
3
Common street tree
ELM
3
I feel as old as yonder ___ (line from a James Joyce novel)
ELM
3
Street that may be nightmarish, according to a horror movie
ELM
3
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" (classic horror movie)
ELM
3
Big tree on a boulevard
ELM
3
Wes Craven's "A Nightmare on ___ Street"
ELM
3
Nightmarish street on screens
ELM
3
... as old as yonder ___: James Joyce
ELM
3
West follower to mean a furniture giant
ELM
3
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" (1984 movie)
ELM
3
Nightmarish street on screens
ELM
3
___ Hatter (character from "Alice in Wonderland")
MAD
3
___-hop (street dance style)
HIP
3
Hollywood's nation: Abbr.
USA
3
"What ___ around comes around"
GOES
4
Flawless tennis serve
ACE
3
Knight's title
SIR
3
Style associated with Wednesday Addams, perhaps (rhymes with "cloth")
GOTH
4
Sign of things to come
OMEN
4
"Is this seat ___?"
TAKEN
5
"Little ___ of Horrors," Rick Moranis musical whose ending was reshot after test audiences couldn't bear to see the leads meet a bleak end
SHOP
4
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