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Ye Olde Elizabethan Times Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword deals mostly with Shakespeare's plays during the Elizabethan age
Author: Creedy - Diff: Harder

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      1. The Bard of Avon himself
      6. A ___ usually played the role of a woman in Shakespeare's plays
      8. Short form of "Towards"
      9. A worker with iron, hammer and anvil
      10. This dress material for wealthy women originated in the Middle Ages
      11. He said "To be or not to be"
      12. Old English form of "You"
      14. A type of lyrical verse
      16. He suffocated his wife
      18. The object form of the word "I"
      19. ___ and behold!
      20. Highwayman ___ Poins is a companion of Hal in "Henry IV"
      22. So near and yet ___ far
      23. An old-fashioned form of the name Katherine
      25. ___ apple a day keeps the Leech away
      26. King of the Fairies
      27. Miss Capulet
      29. A follower of Sir John Falstaff in the play "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
      30. The English objective case of "We"
      31. "___ You Like It"
      32. The male romantic lead in "As You Like It"
      34. More than one of us
      35. An unusual term of endearment for a woman
      36. In "The Tempest", Lord ___ is a follower of Alonso
      40. The general leader of the Greeks in "Troilus and Cressida"
      42. Confidante and carer of Juliet

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      2. The prince of Denmark
      3. Who is tamed by Petruchio?
      4. One of the two characters in "The Two Noble Kinsmen"
      5. The oldest town in Umbria, Italy
      6. His head is turned into that of an ass
      7. Romeo had a real ___ for Juliet
      8. Short form of "Thank you"
      10. Juliet ___ Romeo's heart
      12. One of the two murdered princes, Richard the Duke of ___
      13. Ophelia is often portrayed with ___ in her hair
      15. This beautiful heroine eloped with Othello
      17. Twelfth letter of the English alphabet
      21. A thick stew prepared from pulses
      24. Edgar, the worthy son of Gloucester in "King Lear", disguises himself as Poor ___
      25. A character from "The Merchant of Venice"
      27. The faithful love of Proteus in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
      28. This country was discovered by Europeans before the Elizabethan era
      29. Many people think Shakespeare was the ___ de plume of fellow writer, Ben Jonson
      31. Perhaps Macbeth came across this village in Scotland
      33. Either or, neither ___
      34. "___ light through yonder window breaks?"
      35. A supernatural cohort of the Duchess of Gloucester in "Henry VI, Part 2"
      37. The prince of Arragon in "Much Ado About Nothing" is ___ Pedro
      38. Islamic University of Rotterdam
      39. From the German language originally, an old-fashioned word meaning "Never"
      41. Macbeth foolishly believed that " ___ man of woman born" would harm him