Creepy-sounding body of water (4)
I believe the answer is:
erie
'water' is the definition.
(I know that Erie is a water)
'creepy-sounding' is the wordplay.
'creepy' becomes 'eerie' (eerie can mean strange or creepy).
'sounding' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'eerie' sounds like 'ERIE'.
'body of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for erie that I've seen before include "Great lake in Eire" , "The lake sounds weird" , "Spooky-sounding" , "One of the Great Lakes" , "N. American lake" .)