The Clue
Banquo's ghost, e.g. (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SPECTRE
Tags
Notes
The answer SPECTRE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Marley's ghost, for one
Banquo at Macbeth's banquet
Dr. No's org.
Ghost of Jacob Marley?
James Bond foe
Act I figure in "Hamlet"
Definition
SPECTRE as a noun:
1. (apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre) = a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
2. (ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre) = a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"