| BENVOLIO | Cousin and friend of Romeo in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| MERCUTIO | Lively friend of Romeo in the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| WOE | Rhyme of "Romeo" in the last couplet of "Romeo and Juliet" |
| QUEENMAB | Fairy referred to in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet |
| TYBALT | Nephew of Lady Capulet in William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet (6) |
| CAPULET | Juliet ?, female protagonist in William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet |
| FRIARLAWRENCE | Confidante of Romeo in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet |
| SERENADE | A trill for Juliet from Romeo in the afterglow? Ears need retuning! (8) |
| IGNORANT | I got nan excited about Romeo in the dark (8) |
| LAURENCE | In 2.3, we are introduced to a friar who is a friend of Romeo. What is his name? |
| MORDECAI | Cousin and adoptive father of Esther who became chief adviser to King Ahasuerus (Esther 2-9) (8) |
| APOTHECARY | Character who sells Romeo an elixir of death in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet |
| VERONA | Italian city that provides the setting for the bulk of Shakespeare's play Romeo And Juliet (6) |
| WESTSIDESTORY | Musical based on William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet": 3 wds. |
| MARRIED | In 2.4, the Nurse encounters Romeo in the street. Romeo tells the Nurse to convey the following message to Juliet: "Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon, And there she shall at F |
| SHAKESPEARE | He wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet" (11) |
| SUE | And 11 Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| BRIDEHEAD | Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| ANANDA | Cousin and devout attendant of Buddha, the Guardian of the Dharma (6) |
| ALI | Fourth caliph of Islam, cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed (3) |
