Evil spirit - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(devil is a kind of evil spirit)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for devil that I've seen before include "Beelzebub, Satan" , "Old Nick, Satan" , "Terror" , "Coat spicily; do hackwork" , "Beast" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Mirror.

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for satan that I've seen before include "Apollyon" , "Fiend" , "Prince of Darkness" , "Diabolical figure" , "Old Nick, Lucifer or Beelzebub" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Mirror.

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for fiend that I've seen before include "monster" , "Wicked and inhuman person" , "Demon, ogre" , "Operatic super-soprano" , "Evil supernatural being" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Mirror.

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(bogie is a kind of evil spirit)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for bogie that I've seen before include "Pivoted group of four or six wheels on an engine" , "Rail wheel assembly" , "A four-wheeled truck" , "Part of carriage" , "Set of railcoach wheels" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Mirror.

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(ghoul is a kind of evil spirit)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ghoul that I've seen before include "Spectre, fiend" , "Evil spirit or phantom" , "Corpse-loving phantom" , "Morbid type" , "Morbid soul" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the USA Today, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Independent and The Mirror.

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(hobgoblin is a kind of evil spirit)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for hobgoblin that I've seen before include "Fairytale character" , "nasty creature" , "Mischievous 17 across" , "Mischievous imp" , "Mischievous sprite - bugbear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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