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"I ___ taking any step forward" ("I'm afraid to move ahead") If that's what you often said last year, find encouragement at 58a — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the January 4 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
FEAR
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
January 4 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword January 4 2026
FEAR
Scaredy-cat's emotion
FEAR
4
"___ Factor" (popular reality game show)
FEAR
4
___ of spiders a.k.a. arachnophobia
FEAR
4
Be afraid of, as heights or spiders
FEAR
4
"___ Factor" (popular reality game show)
FEAR
4
"(Don't ___) The Reaper," song by Blue Oyster Cult that a grim reaper might sing at Fright Night Karaoke
FEAR
4
2000 song by Disturbed that's also the emotion felt when someone is scared
FEAR
4
Phobia's root emotion
FEAR
4
"(Don't ___) The Reaper," song by the Blue Oyster Cult
FEAR
4
Be afraid of, as heights or spiders
FEAR
4
"The ___ Index," 2022 series inspired by Robert Harris' novel where a scientist turns into a Wall Street tycoon
FEAR
4
"Primal ___," 1996 thriller film starring Edward Norton that earned him a Golden Globe nomination
FEAR
4
Vincent van Gogh's work
ART
3
Cuddling in public (anagram of "pad"): Abbr.
PDA
3
Cooling body powder
TALC
4
Froglike amphibian
TOAD
4
Ewe's mate
RAM
3
Earth's line of rotation
AXIS
4
Nike's Swoosh, e.g.
LOGO
4
Expressive rock genre
EMO
3
Seat ___ (car safety feature)
BELT
4
___ Depp, actor seen in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series
JOHNNY
6
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