| SHAKESPEARE | Romeo and Juliet author |
| SHAK | Romeo & Juliet author for short |
| TYBALT | Juliet's cousin and Romeo's rival in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet (6) |
| ACTI | When Romeo meets Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| BENVOLIO | Cousin and friend of Romeo in the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| NURSE | The --, Juliet's personal assistant and confidante in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' (5) |
| MERCUTIO | Close friend of Romeo and relative of Prince Escalus in Romeo And Juliet (8) |
| EAST | 'It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun' (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (1595) (4) |
| MANTUA | This is a city in the region of Lombardy. Roman colonization began about 220 BCE, and the poet Virgil was born at nearby Andes in 70 BCE. In Romeo and Juliet (act 3, scene 5), Juliet says, "It is some |
| MONTAGUE | Romeo's family in Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| TRAGEDIES | "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet," e.g. |
| OVERTURES | Approaches works such as Romeo And Juliet and Hamlet (9) |
| CAPULET | Juliet's surname in Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet (7) |
| ZEFFIRELLI | Franco -; Italian film director noted for his 1968 dramatisation of Romeo and Juliet and Brother Sun, Sister Moon (10) |
| VERONA | Italian city and setting for Romeo and Juliet (6) |
| PROKOFIEV | Russian composer of The Love Of Three Oranges and Romeo And Juliet |
| OSIER | "I must upfill this ___ cage of ours / With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers": "Romeo and Juliet" |
| QUEENMAB | Character referred to in Mercutio's speech in Romeo and Juliet and depicted in an illustration by Arthur Rackham (5,3) |
| WECALLAROSE | Juliet in Romeo and Juliet: '"that which _ _ _ _ "by any other name would smell as sweet (2,4,1,4) |
| FOURTEEN | Number of characters in Romeo and Juliet older than Juliet? Just so (8) |
