| TIMON | ___ Of Athens, Shakespeare tragedy about a misanthrope (5) |
| TITUS | --- Andronicus, Shakespeare tragedy set towards the end of the Roman Empire (5) |
| ROMEO | William Shakespeare tragedy set in Verona (5,3,6) |
| HELLO | I'm surprised leading pair quit Shakespeare tragedy (5) |
| ACROPOLIS | ___ of Athens; ancient citadel (9) |
| CORIOLANUS | Legendary Roman general of the 5th Century BC, the inspiration for a Shakespeare tragedy of the same name (10) |
| CAESAR | Julius _, character and title of a Shakespeare tragedy (6) |
| TITUSANDRONICUS | Shakespeare tragedy, set in Ancient Rome (5,10) |
| FLEANCE | Son of Banquo in the 1606 Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth (7) |
| LEAR | King ---, Shakespeare tragedy based on the legend of a legendary pre-Roman monarch (4) |
| BANQUO | Scottish general whose ghost haunts Macbeth in the William Shakespeare tragedy of that name |
| KINGLEAR | Edgar is the godson of the title character in this Shakespeare tragedy (4,4) |
| MACBETH | Shakespeare tragedy which contains the expression 'milk of human kindness' (7) |
| KING | And 14 Ac. Shakespeare tragedy about a king of Britain (4,4) |
| LEAREQUATION | Formula for a Shakespeare tragedy? |
| OTHELLO | Shakespeare tragedy based on the story A Moorish Captain (7) |
| HAMLET | Bad actor rented out Shakespeare tragedy (6) |
| URHAMLET | Lost play that predated a Shakespeare tragedy |
| OTELLO | 1887 Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare tragedy |
| JULIET | William Shakespeare tragedy, Romeo and... (6) |
