Answer: funk

AnswerCrossword Clue
FUNKFit of ill humor
funkdepression
funkto shrink back in fear
funkstate of fear
FUNKSly and the Family Stone genre
FUNKWagnall's collaborator
FUNKGloom
FUNKDejected mood
FUNKWagnalls' partner
FUNKWagnalls' collaborator
FUNKMusical genre featuring syncopated bass
FUNKGeorge Clinton's P-...
FUNKMusical genre featuring slap bass
FUNKDepression
FUNKQuail in fear
FUNKSurly mood
FUNKDepressed mood
FUNKState of fear: Colloq.
FUNKBiochemist who discovered vitamins.
FUNKDejected spell
FUNKParliament's musical genre
FUNK"The ... of forty thousand years" ("Thriller" lyric)
FUNKWagnalls's partner
FUNKName on a dictionary
FUNKBlue state?
FUNKBlue state
FUNKLow state
FUNKFred of the PGA
FUNKStench