| APOX | "___ on both your houses": (Common misquotation from "Romeo and Juliet") |
| LEADON | "... ..., Macduff" (common misquotation from Macbeth) |
| POX | "A ___ on both your houses!" (Shakespearean misquote) |
| TIMEFORUS | With "A," theme from "Romeo and Juliet" |
| CAPULET | Said cap you let Montague's enemy take from Romeo and Juliet (7) |
| LOVESCENE | The hot shot presumably from Romeo and Juliet? (4,5) |
| ITISTHEYEAST | Baker's quote from "Romeo and Juliet"? |
| PARTINGISSUCHSWEETSORROW | Quote from 'Romeo and Juliet' towards the end of the balcony scene (7,2,4,5,6) |
| MAXWELLANDERSON | Pulitzer-winning playwright for "Both Your Houses" |
| SCENEI | When, in Act III, Mercutio says "A plague o' both your houses!" |
| MERCUTIO | "a plague o' both your houses" speaker |
| ANDERSON | "Both Your Houses" Pulitzer playwright Maxwell |
| AFT | Fore and ___ (on both sides of a ship) |
| EAST | "It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun" (line from Romeo) |
| MEDOC | Wine is both your tormentor and therapist (5) |
| PERSONIFY | Slippers on, if your houses represent someone (9) |
| TOPSPIN | Bjorn Borg's playing style included heavy ____ on both wings |
| GRATITUDE | Appreciation from Romeo in good mood, skipping back to Juliet (9) |
| JUROR | Our moves keeping Juliet from Romeo? I determine the guilty party |
| RISSOLE | Food from Romeo is stuck on bottom of shoe (7) |