NO HOLDS BARD
NY Times Crossword
October 3, 1999
Fred Piscop

The answer to each clue below is a pun based on a Shakespearean character. For example, given the clue Increased pay rate, Bard-style, the answer would be TIMONAHALF. The play in which the character appears is given as a hint - except for #6.

1. Empathetic remark, Bard-style (Hamlet)
2. Auto purveyor, Bard-style (The Merchant of Venice)
3. Hierarchy, Bard-style (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
4. Takes advantage of, Bard-style (Julius Caesar)
5. Easy schedule, Bard-style (Macbeth)
6. Miserly, Bard-style (No Hint)
7. Combat invoving planes and missiles, Bard style (The Tempest)

Answers:

1. OPHELIA PAIN
2. PORTIA DEALER
3. PUCKING ORDER
4. CASSIUS IN ON
5. BANQUO'S HOURS
6. TITUS A DRUM 
7. ARIEL WARFARE