| ORNOTTOBE | Phrase from Hamlet, To be, ... (2,3,2,2) |
| ARROWS | 'The slings and ____ of outrageous fortune,' phrase from Hamlet's soliloquy (6) |
| GETTHEETOA | and 27dn, Instruction from Hamlet to Ophelia in Shakespeare's play |
| NUNNERY | and 38dn, Instruction from Hamlet to Ophelia in Shakespeare's play |
| THAT | *Hamlet: "To be, or not to be: ___ is the question" |
| ORNOT | Hamlet's "to be ___ ___ to be" (2,3) |
| PLAYAROLE | In the end, Elora comes back to Hamlet to tread the boards (4,1,4) |
| UNDERPLAY | Where one might look for Hamlet to act with little emphasis |
| IAMB | Hamlet's "to be," e.g. |
| ROAD | Any one of Great Britain's estimated 247,800 miles of highways linking hamlet to village, village to town and town to city or port (4) |
| OWN | To thine ___ self be true (line from Hamlet) |
| TRUE | To thine own self be ___ (line from Hamlet) |
| OSRIC | Courtier sent by Claudius to invite Hamlet to duel Laertes |
| DAGGER | In Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" speech, he refers to "a bare bodkin." What is that? |
| HIMSELF | Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" addressee |
| BRANAGH | Actor whose roles have ranged from Henry V and Hamlet to Frankenstein and wizard Gilderoy Lockhart (7) |
| ELM | Heading north from a hamlet to Freddy's creepy street (3) |
| ESCOT | Shakespearean word from Hamlet meaning to maintain (5) |
| ROLE | Hamlet to a thespian, e.g. |
| VILLAGE | Hamlet to dally in unpleasant surroundings (7) |
