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Shakespearean Food Crossword Puzzle

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Here's a crossword on food (and a few other things) from the time of The Bard. You may need to "brush up your Shakespeare".
Author: ceetee - Diff: Harder

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      1. Marco Polo did NOT bring this to Venice so Shylock didn't eat with it
      8. A spicy rice dish
      9. Regurgitation of a valve associated with this vessel is a sign of syphilis
      10. "Gall of ___ and slips of yew" 'Macbeth'
      12. "You Banbury ___" 'Merry Wives of Windsor'
      14. Sigmund Freud is rumoured to have recommended this for English breakfasts
      19. "Shakespeare on ___" Ben Crystal 2016
      20. "... to the marriage of true minds ___ impediment" 'Sonnet 116'
      21. Collective term for herbs and spices, important in Shakespearean cuisine

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      2. A sweet dessert common to many countries
      3. "Give it a ___ a cherry and a fig" 'King John'
      4. "Who steals my purse steals ___" 'Othello'
      5. "Let us ___ him as a dish fit for the gods" 'Julius Caesar'
      6. "Johnny Hamlet" (1968) was styled as " ___ Shakespeare"
      7. Lots of these shells were found on the floor of the Globe theatre
      11. England's beverage but NOT in the Bard's time
      12. A fish or a Shakespearean clothing accessory ___piece
      13. 7th Greek letter
      15. "For one sweet ___ who will the vine destroy?"'Rape of Lucrece'
      16. What you should write down when learning Shakespeare
      17. "He has not so much ___ as earwax" 'Troilus and Cressida'
      18. Nigella sativa or black ___ was grown in Shakespearean gardens