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Insulting Shakespeare Crossword Puzzle

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A continuation of the Shakespearean theme from a recent challenge, this CW is inspired by a small volume (7.5cm x 8.5cm x 1.5cm) entitled "The Bard's Guide to Abuses and Affronts". Quotes are (usually) followed by extra hints but these are not necessarily in the context of the citation.
Author: ceetee - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. "Most smiling, smooth, detested ..." ('Timon of Athens') . A hanger-on
      5. "Fie, fie upon thee ..." ('Othello'). A lascivious woman
      9. "I am better than thou ..." ('King Lear'). Shakespearean "are"
      10. " with ... in her mouth" (Richard III') . Damnations, castigations
      11. "... her beauty, you fen-sucked fogs" ('King Lear'). Defile, disease
      13. "Thou smell of mountain ..." ('Henry V'). caprine
      14. "While greasy Joan doth ... the pot" ('Love's Labours Lost'). A ship's foundation
      15. "Whom with my bare fists I would ..."('Henry VI Part 1'). Kill legally or carry out
      16. "A carrion Death in whose ... eyes" ('Merchant of Venice'). Vacant
      19. "But ... your courage" ('Macbeth'). A threaded fixer
      23. Beverage made from dried Camellia leaves
      25. "Yet was Samson so ..." ('Love's Labours Lost'). Seduced, allured
      27. "Thy heinous, manifest and many ..."('King Lear'). Disloyalties, deceits
      29. "Infusing him with self and vain ..." ('Richard II'). Arrogance, vanity
      31. A substantial musical composition
      32. "Let not his smoothing words ... your hearts" ('Henry VI part 2').Enchant, beguile
      33. It is an abbreviation The Bard used 1308 times
      35. "The ... dear Brutus is not in our stars" ('Julius Caesar'). Poor service
      37. A Mediterranean flavoursome herb
      40. My side of the story
      42. The sea-eagle
      44. "What wouldst thou have, ...?" ('Merry Wives of Windsor'). Philistine, obnoxious person
      45. A slow movement in 31 across
      46. "Something is ... in the state of Denmark" ('Hamlet') You want another hint? Seriously?
      47. "If I were your father's dog you should not ...me so" ('King Lear') employ, treat
      48. Uniformity, invariance
      49. "There's ..., that's for remembrance" ('Hamlet') Lamb's partner

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      1. "A ... o' both your houses" ('Romeo and Juliet') Pestilence
      2. To adjoin or border on
      3. "They are the ...of your loins" ('Cymbeline'). Offspring
      4. "Our justice in whose ,,, passage" ('A Winter's Tale'). Simplest, most convenient
      5. To arouse, encourage or inspire
      6. A fish of the Gymnocephalus genus
      7. "I hear him ... the luck of Caesar" ('Antony and Cleopatra'). Deride, insult
      8. "the smoky light that's fed with stinking ..." ('Cymbeline'). Rendered animal fat
      10. "Your insolent retinue do hourly ... and quarrel" ('King Lear'). Grumble or fuss. Also a fish
      12. "Is it not as this mouth mouth should ... this hand" ('King Lear'). Rip, shred
      17. Tumor of bone marrow
      18. Expected, characteristic
      20. "This dagger my sceptre and this ... my crown" (Henry IV part I') . A bolster or pillow.
      21. "I would send them to the Turk to make ... of them" ('All's Well that Ends Well'). Castrati
      22. To belittle or condemn
      24. Discourage or obstruct
      26. From the beginning, the year ...
      28. To tease or jest
      30. "Some base ... knave, some scurvy fellow" ('Othello'). Disreputable, infamous
      34. One who causes trouble through rumor or gossip; or, simply, a spoon
      35. "And mark the ..., the gibes and notable scorns" ('Othello'). Sneers, taunts
      36. Partner of radius
      38. Religious figure or symbol
      39. "Shine upon the dead man's ... cheeks" ('Titus Andronicus'). Folksy, homely
      40. Vacuous, obscure, uncertain
      41. "Relish your nimble ... to pleasing ears" ('Rape of Lucrece'). Melodies are made of these
      43. "Whose ... is sharper than the sword" ('Cymbeline'). Boundary. limit
      44. "thy madness shall be paid by weight Till our scale turn the ..." ('Hamlet'). A bright smile