Like ghost stories (5)

I believe the answer is:

eerie

'like ghost stories' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for eerie that I've seen before include "Mysterious" , "Oddly frightening" , "Sinister" , "Strangely frightening" , "Spectral" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate and the Universal.

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