Japanese crossword «Sinister Clown»

Very …. Definitely spooky. Nice one, thanks

I didn't even notice the symmetry until I was done, it would have been a lot easier :-)

NO HE'S A CUTIE PATOOTIE (I belong in a mental asylum)

Yes, spooky covers it.

The picture is only complete when it's with hair

Ooooh that is clever! When looking at the thumbnail the black squares of the numbers actually form the missing part of the finished picture. Well done.

If you look at only the white part, as I did, it looks like a funny dog or other carnivore, perhaps a sinistrom (aka devil hyena) from the Divide trilogy by Elizabeth Kay. They are generally evil (and smelly) but not completely unredeemable.