| TROILUS | Lover of Cressida (Shak.) |
| PANDAROS | In medieval legend, the procurer of Cressida on behalf of Troilus (8) |
| ACHILLES | He was the son of Peleus and Thetis and chief hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War. In Troilus and Cressida (act 1, scene 2), Cressida says, "There among the Greeks ___, a better man than Troilus." |
| CALCHAS | He is the son of Thestor (a priest of Apollo) and a famous soothsayer among the Greeks at the time of the Trojan War. In Troilus and Cressida (act 4, scene 5), Troilus says, "My Lord Ulysses, tell me, |
| TRYST | Plot feature of Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" |
| NOTCH | Leading parts of Troilus and Cressida in drama at the nick (5) |
| WALTON | William, British composer of the opera Troilus and Cressida (6) |
| HOWTO | - - Train Your Dragon; series of 12 books for children by Cressida Cowell with the protagonist Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (3,2) |
| EER | "The noblest hateful love that ___ I heard of": "Troilus and Cressida" |
| KIN | "One touch of nature makes the whole world ____" (Ulysses, in Troilus and Cressida) |
| STOWE | Buckinghamshire parish within the Aylesbury Vale, site of a school whose alumni include Christopher Robin Milne, Richard Branson and Cressida Bonas (5) |
| LASERDISCS | Cressida model features in beginnings of land speed records (5,5) |
| DICK | Cressida --, officer appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service in 2017 (4) |
| ANDROMACHE | She is the wife of Hector. In Trolius and Cressida (act 5, scene 3), Cassandra says, "Hark, how Troy roars! how Hecuba cries out! / How poor ___ shrills her dolors forth!" |
| ANTENOR | Captured Trojan commander exchanged for Cressida in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida |
| TROY | "Troilus and Cressida" setting |
| SMILEAND | "You ___ mock me...": "Troilus and Cressida" |
| PANDARUS | Lovers' go-between (Troilus and Cressida) |
| THERSITES | Troilus and Cressida cynic |
| YOUR | Cressida Cowell's How To Train ___ Dragon |
