| MONTAGUE | Romeo's family in Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| CAPULET | Family in Romeo and Juliet to whom Juliet belongs (7) |
| QUEENMAB | Character referred to in Mercutio's speech in Romeo and Juliet and depicted in an illustration by Arthur Rackham (5,3) |
| MERCUTIO | Close friend of Romeo and relative of Prince Escalus in Romeo And Juliet (8) |
| FOURTEEN | Number of characters in Romeo and Juliet older than Juliet? Just so (8) |
| ROSALINE | Lord Capulet's unseen niece in Romeo and Juliet (8) |
| CAPULETS | One side in Romeo and Juliet |
| VERONESE | Like many characters in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| SQUIRREL | "Her chariot is an empty hazelnut / Made by the joiner ____" (Mercutio, in Romeo and Juliet) |
| MONTAGUSHARRIER | Hear Romeo's family dog is a flier |
| 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" |
| ACTI | When Romeo meets Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| TYBALT | Juliet's combative cousin in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| MOON | It "monthly changes in her circled orb," in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| ACTIV | It starts in Friar Laurence's cell 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. |
