Complete Clue List
Across
4. Third king by this name, declared incompetent
6. A fashionable four-wheeled vehicle
8. These undergarments lost popularity during Regency
9. "Pride ___ Prejudice"
10. Old-fashioned way of saying "no"
13. A Regency lady would never tell her ___
14. Era following the Regency
19. A very crowded party
21. Regency novelist Austen (first name)
22. These types of balls were popular
23. ___ of his lordship's whip
24. Clothing women wore (pl.)
27. English-speaking state of Nigeria (ex-British protectorate)
29. To enjoy sport on a boat or ship
31. A boxing match (now slang for factory)
33. ___-shackled, slang for "married"
34. 'Duke' is a hereditary ___
35. "Children should be seen and not heard" was a 19th century ___
36. Exclamation of disgust
38. A Whig opponent
39. A good wife ___ to her husband's rule
Down
1. Drinking a ___ to someone was common
2. A gentlewoman needed a lady's ___
3. ___-dit: slang for "gossip"
4. Era preceding the Regency
5. Popular type of novel in Regency England
6. Ladies should have a passing talent with this instrument
7. High fashion
11. Women applied cosmetics to appear ___
12. British nobility rank
15. Afternoon beverage
16. 19th-century playboy
17. Anglican baptism ritual recalls this Biblical hero
18. Listing guidebook of all noble families: "Burke's ___ "
20. You and me
22. One who is overly prim and proper
24. Regency folk could ___ from a myriad of illnesses
25. Regency dining etiquette: "One can never ___ too quietly."
26. Costly fabric for gowns
28. Regency slang for money
30. French for the king, "___ roi"
31. Counterpart to "sir"
32. Promiscuous women were called ___ skirts
36. Regency speak: "___ the bye"
37. Cambridge University (abbr)