Possible Clues:

• Frightened, in dialect
• Frightened, in Shakespeare
• Scared, in dialect
• Scared, in Shakespeare
• Terrified, to the bard
• Apprehensive, to some
• Frightened, to Huck Finn
• 27-Across, in dialect
• Deaf artist upset, once frightened
• One that's taken nourishment without a right, I'm afraid