The Very Hard Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A kinsman of the Prince, and the suitor of Juliet most preferred by Capulet.
  2. 6. Secretly marries the impassioned lovers in hopes that the union might eventually bring peace to Verona. An expert in the use of seemingly mystical potions and herbs.
  3. 7. A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. Tries to convince Romeo to view love as a simple matter of sexual appetite.
  4. 10. Romeo’s father, the patriarch of the Montague clan and bitter enemy of Capulet.
  5. 11. The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive.
  6. 12. Juliet’s Mother and a woman who herself married young.
Down
  1. 1. A Capulet servant who invites guests to Capulet’s feast and escorts the Nurse to meet with Romeo. He is illiterate.
  2. 2. Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. He loathes Montagues.
  3. 3. The woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, the Nurse provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches.
  4. 4. She dies of grief after Romeo is exiled from Verona.
  5. 5. Lord Montague’s nephew, Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend, he makes a genuine effort to defuse violent scenes in public places.
  6. 8. The woman with whom Romeo is infatuated at the beginning of the play.
  7. 9. The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. A beautiful thirteen-year-old girl, Juliet begins the play as a naïve child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy.
  8. 10. The patriarch of the Capulet family and father of Juliet.