| PORTIA | Merchant of Venice lawyer (6) |
| RIALTO | It is a stone-arch bridge that crosses over the narrowest point of the Grand Canal in Venice. It is also the oldest bridge across that canal. In The Merchant of Venice (act 1, scene 3), Shylock says, |
| SELLER | School magazine references introduction to Merchant of Venice, for example (6) |
| JOSEPH | _ Fiennes, starred in Shakespeare In Love and The Merchant Of Venice (6) |
| ASAMAN | How Portia dresses in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| APOLLO | Article exploring Merchant of Venice having extra line in for youth |
| COLCHIS | In Greek mythology, it was the home of Medea and the destination of the Argonauts, a place of great wealth. In The Merchant of Venice (act 1, scene 1), Bassanio says, "Hang on her temples like a golde |
| LAUNCELOTGOBBO | Servant of Shylock and later of Bassanio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596- 8) |
| ANTONIO | Name of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (7) |
| SHYLOCK | Main antagonist of The Merchant of Venice |
| POUND | A ___ of flesh ("Merchant of Venice") (5) |
| SHAKESPEARE | Writer of The Merchant of Venice |
| BASSANIO | Lover of Portia in the Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (8) |
| TRAGI | Prefix to 'comedy' (Genre of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice) |
| SOLANIO | Friend, with Salarino, of Antonio in Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice (7) |
| TRAGICOMEDIES | Perverse plays of humour and sadness e.g. The Merchant of Venice (13) |
| FLOCK | 'I am a tainted wether of the ___' (Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice (1596-8) |
| ENTREPRENEUR | The risk-taking, moneymaking producer of The Merchant of Venice, for instance (12) |
| ORPHEUS | He is an ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills. He also became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings said to be his own. In The Merchant of Venice ( |
| OFMERCY | Start of a famous speech by Portia in The Merchant of Venice (3,7,2,5) |
