| TITLEROLES | Othello and Hamlet |
| KENNETHBRANAGH | British filmmaker and actor who played the role of Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, and whose films include Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Dunkirk and Hamlet (7,7) |
| ELOPE | What Othello and Desdemona do in "Othello" |
| OVERTURES | Approaches works such as Romeo And Juliet and Hamlet (9) |
| BRANAGH | Actor whose roles have ranged from Henry V and Hamlet to Frankenstein and wizard Gilderoy Lockhart (7) |
| REGICIDE | Crime in "Macbeth" and "Hamlet" |
| TRAGEDIES | E.g. King Lear and Hamlet (9) |
| PLAYS | "Hedda Gabler" and "Hamlet," e.g. |
| MEL | Portrayer of Max and Hamlet |
| GHOSTS | Jacob Marley and Hamlet's father |
| GUILDENSTERN | Rosencrantz and ----, Hamlet's friends (12) |
| OBERON | Moon of Uranus with craters named Falstaff, Hamlet, Lear, Macbeth, Othello and Romeo (6) |
| OTTOMAN | In 1.3, the Duke welcomes Othello and tells him his military prowess is needed: "Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you, Against the general enemy ___." |
| HESTRIKESHER | In 4.1, Lodovico arrives from Venice, at which time he meets Othello and Iago. Desdemona is also present. Othello confronts Desdemona. What does he do to her that surprises Lodovico? |
| IHATETHEMOOR | In 1.3, Iago expounds his plot to take down Othello and further enlists Roderigo to help. What does he say to Roderigo to express his feelings toward Othello? |
| PAULROBESON | US bass singer who starred in Othello and Porgy and Bess (4,7) |
| MOORS | Othello and his countrymen |
| DISCS | Game pieces in Othello and Connect Four |
| IAGOS | Schemer in Shakespeare's Othello, and namesakes |
| SCENEV | In Act I, it begins "Enter Ghost and Hamlet" |