Conundrum: 1-D Shakespeare Crossword
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Most crossword puzzles are two-dimensional. They have across and down clues.
This puzzle is one-dimensional. It has forward and backward clues. And all of the answers have to do with Shakespeare.
There’s not much space here, but imagine a horizontal row of 39 squares.
There are no black squares. All answers should be run together one after another with no spaces.
Post whatever you come up with. Feel free to use the comments section of this post to collaborate. The final answer will be a string of 39 letters that can be read in both directions.
Enjoy!
Forward (Left to Right)
1 – 8: Hamlet’s home
9 – 12: Briefly betrothed to Edward IV
13 – 16: The smallest fairy?
17 – 20: “A Lover’s Complaint”
21 – 26: Speaker of “If music be the food of love, play on”
27 – 32: Does Macbeth see one before him?
33 – 39: Twelfth Night‘s Antonio once wore one (2 words)
Backward (Right to Left)
39 – 38: Scotland setting in Macbeth-like film
37 – 32: He is as constant as the northern star
31 – 29: Lear’s Fool will give you two crowns for one of these
28 – 23: The love of Venus
22 – 18: He loved Rosaline first
17 – 14: Companion to Hal and Falstaff at the Boar’s Head
13 – 11: What a piece of work it is!
10 – 5: He knows a bank where the wild thyme blows
4 – 1: Tempest setting
UPDATE: See comments for a big hint by Duane.
UPDATE II: Puzzle solved by Neel Mehta. See comments for answer.