| MERCUTIO | Young gallant in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| PAGES | Postscript about a generation producing young gallants (5) |
| DASHING | Gallant in a hurry (7) |
| SWASHBUCKLING | Gallant, in quiet was going weak at the knees? |
| CHEVALIER | Gallant in good spirits catches sound daughter missed |
| VERONA | It became a Roman colony in 89 BCE and rose in importance because it was at the junction of main roads between Italy and northern Europe. The poet Catullus was born there. In Romeo and Juliet (act 1, |
| 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 |
| PARTS | Romeo and Juliet, in "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) |
| ACTI | When Romeo meets Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| TYBALT | Juliet's combative cousin in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| CAPULET | House to which Juliet belongs in Romeo and Juliet |
| MONTAGUE | Romeo's family in Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| ACTIV | When Juliet plays dead in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| ROSE | Flower in a famous monologue in Romeo and Juliet |
| ACTV | When Romeo drinks poison in Romeo and Juliet |
| IDIE | "Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's last words in "Romeo and Juliet"): 2 wds. |
| WECALLAROSE | Juliet in Romeo and Juliet: '"that which _ _ _ _ "by any other name would smell as sweet (2,4,1,4) |
| MOON | It "monthly changes in her circled orb," in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| FOURTEEN | Number of characters in Romeo and Juliet older than Juliet? Just so (8) |
