Answer: hags

AnswerCrossword Clue
HAGS"Secret, black, and midnight ...."
HAGSStorybook baddies
HAGSFrights to look at
HAGSFrightful women
HAGSCoven participants
HAGSCauldron stirrers, maybe
HAGSHalloween figures
HAGSBeldams
HAGSUgly women
HAGSLong-haired uglies
HAGS"Secret, black, and midnight ...!"
HAGSThe Weird Sisters.
HAGSBeldams.
HAGSGirls, in Navy slang.
HAGSBroomstick riders.
HAGSWomen, in Navy slang.
HAGSWitches.
HAGSCrones.
HAGSSome fairy story villains
HAGSSome Halloween costumes
HAGSWitchy sorts
HAGSLess-than-lovely ladies
HAGSOld bats
HAGSBeldames
HAGSEvil old women
HAGSShrews
HAGS"Macbeth" witches
HAGSOld biddies
HAGSCaldron stirrers
HAGSStoried cauldron stirrers
HAGSStoried pot stirrers
HAGSFairy tale cacklers
hagsugly old woman
HAGSThey're no beauties
HAGSOld crones
HAGS"Macbeth" diviners
HAGSCauldron stirrers
HAGSWitchy women
HAGSHarpies
HAGSSome broom users