| EGEUS | Character in A Midsummer Night's Dream who tries to keep his daughter, Hermia, from marrying Lysander (5) |
| DEMETRIUS | In 1.1, Egeus presents his daughter, Hermia, to Theseus in his court as he says, "I beg the ancient privilege of Athens." Whom does Egeus want her to marry? |
| UNDOES | Who tries to keep peace in the world and ruins everything (6) |
| APPEASER | Person who tries to keep someone else happy |
| HERMIA | Character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who is in love with Lysander |
| FRANCIS | Bellows-mender in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays Thisbe in the play-within-the-play (7,5) |
| FLUTE | Bellows-mender in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays Thisbe in the play-within-the-play (7,5) |
| SNUG | Name of the joiner in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays the lion in Pyramus and Thisbe (4) |
| STARVELING | Robin ___, Rude Mechanical in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who plays the part of Moonshine in the performance of Pyramus and Thisbe |
| OBERON | Featured in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, who is King of the fairies? (6) |
| BOTTOM | Which character in A Midsummer Night's Dream has his head turned into a donkey's? (6) |
| LYSANDER | Character in love with Hermia in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| BUDGET | A family tries to keep to what a chancellor delivers annually (6) |
| STABLE | Bleats about needing a place in which to keep his horse (6) |
| HAY | Hollyoaks teen who has been forced to keep his romance with Dillon Ray a secret (5,3) |
| LUCAS | Hollyoaks teen who has been forced to keep his romance with Dillon Ray a secret (5,3) |
| MARINA | A man needs air and a place to keep his yachts (6) |
| HELENMIRREN | "The Queen" Oscar winner who played Hermia in the 1968 film version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream": |
| CORTEZ | He burned his own ships in 1519 to keep his soldiers from fleeing |
| QUINCE | Pear-shaped fruit or minor character in A Midsummer Night's Dream (6) |
