| TYBALT | Mercutio's killer 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) |
| APLAGUEONBOTHYOURHOUSES | Common rendering of the wounded Mercutio's curse on the Montague and Capulet families in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet |
| MAB | Fairy Queen in Mercutio's "Romeo and Juliet" speech |
| TYBALTSLAIN | In 3.1, Romeo, to revenge Mercutio's death, fights Tybalt. The outcome of the sword fight causes Benvolio to say, "Romeo, away, be gone! The Citizens are up and ___ ___." |
| LOVEMATCH | What Romeo and Juliet made of the vocal Mercutio's initial rollicking |
| TOMCRUISE | Mercutio's wandering star (3,6) |
| OBOTH | "A plague ___ your houses!" (Mercutio's curse) |
| APLAGUEOBOTHYOURHOUSES | Mercutio's curse on second home owners? |
| COSTUMIER | Mercutio's prepared, fashioned by me |
| ROMEO | Mercutio's pal |
| SCAR | Mufasa's brother (and killer) in "The Lion King" |
| ICEMAN | In LA, professional killer in charge upset celebrity (3,3) |
| HERBICIDE | Police in Beetle film killer in garden (9) |
| NINJA | Killer in position in Jamaica |
| FRIPPERY | Serial killer in outskirts of Finchley in showy clothes (8) |
| ORANGUTAN | Killer in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| KIMBLE | David Janssen played Doctor Richard ..., running from the police in search of a one-armed killer in |
| NICHOLSON | Jack, US actor who made his debut in The Cry Baby Killer in 1958 (9) |
| DUTCHELMDISEASE | Killer in wood, wife smiled devilishly in repose (5,3,7) |
