| VERONA | The Two Gentlemen Of _ _ _ _ _ _ , early comedy by William Shakespeare (6) |
| LOVESLABOURSLOST | Early comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the character Ferdinand, King of Navarre |
| MURRAY | Matthew _ _ _ _ _ _ - early steam engine manufacturer (6) |
| BENJAMMINFRANKLIN | ___ "___" ___ (early Philadelphian who liked gettin' down occasionally?) |
| SILVIA | Object of affection in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" |
| SHREW | The Taming Of The _, comedy by William Shakespeare; inspiration for the musical Kiss Me, Kate (5) |
| MOVEON | You Better ___ __: early Rolling Stones hit. (4,2) |
| PROTEUS | Character in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; or, one of the newly-discovered moons of Neptune which is one of the darkest objects in the solar system (7) |
| OFTHE | Comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the characters Petruchio, Bianca and Katherina (3,6,2,3,5) |
| THETAMING | Comedy by William Shakespeare featuring the characters Petruchio, Bianca and Katherina (3,6,2,3,5) |
| VALENTINE | One of the two gentlemen of Verona in Two Gentlemen of Verona who is in love with Sylvia. |
| ASYOULIKEIT | Pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare mostly set in the Forest of Arden with characters like Rosalind and Celia as main heroines: 4 wds. |
| ADOABOUTNOTHING | Much ___, comedy by William Shakespeare that features the characters Benedick and Beatrice (3,5,7) |
| APRIL | 'The uncertain glory of an ___ day' (Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1592-3) |
| EGLAMOUR | Agent for Silvia, in her escape, in the William Shakespeare play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (8) |
| JULIA | The faithful love of Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (5) |
| PANTHINO | Servant to Antonio in William Shakespeare play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (8) |
| ADO | "Much ___ About Nothing", comedy by William Shakespeare (3) |
| NOMANHATHACCESSBYDAY | Why Shakespeare logs on at night? ("The Two Gentlemen of Verona" III, 1) |
| DWELLING | "She excels each mortal thing / Upon the dull earth ____" (Who is Sylvia, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona) |