| DEROSSI | Former name of Portia Degeneres. |
| BASSANIO | Lover of Portia in the Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (8) |
| NERISSA | Woman-in-waiting of Portia in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (7) |
| ROSSI | Professional name of Ellen DeGeneres' wife, Portia de _ (5) |
| ALOTTERY | In 1.2, Portia's waiting woman Nerissa talks about Portia's father devising a system so that Portia may choose a husband. What is she talking about? |
| OFMERCY | Start of a famous speech by Portia in The Merchant of Venice (3,7,2,5) |
| THEQUALITY | Start of a famous speech by Portia in The Merchant of Venice (3,7,2,5) |
| WIFE | Portia de Rossi, to Ellen DeGeneres |
| ASAMAN | How Portia dresses in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| ATROPINE | Makes Portia find direction to poisonous part of nightshade (8) |
| NOJOTOFBLOOD | In 4.1, during the trial, Portia says, "The bond doth give thee here ___ ___ ___ ___; The words expressly are 'a pound of flesh.'" |
| THISRING | In 3.2, Portia gives much to Bassanio with a stipulation: "I give them with ___ ___ Which, when you part from, lose or give away, Let it presage the ruin of your love, And be my vantage to exclaim on |
| MEAT | What Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi won't eat |
| GOLDENCASKET | In 2.7, the first suitor must choose a casket. Portia has told him: "One of them contains my picture, prince. If you choose that, then I am yours withal." Which casket does he choose? |
| BELLARIO | In 3.4, Portia sends her servant Balthazar with a letter to a cousin who is a doctor in Mantua. What is his name? |
| KRIS | She officiated at Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's vow renewal (4,6) |
| JENNER | She officiated at Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's vow renewal (4,6) |
| NELLE | "Ally McBeal" role for Portia de Rossi, which is also her real-life spouse's name in reverse |
| ABEO | Domina, ____, "Madam, I go" — Balthazar to Portia (Merchant of Venice, 3.4.56) |
| TWERE | "___ good you do so much for charity": Portia |
