The Canterbury Tales Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Classic Literature has 30 clues. Answers range from 4 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Someone who prepares and sells drugs and other medicine
Blessedness; extreme happiness
Reference of King Solomon is culturally inappropriate in an ancient Greek tale
Theseus refuses to allow his noble prisoners to be ransomed
Verse romances of Celtic origin BRETON
Center of daily life in every village and town
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion
To avoid
Story used to illustrate a moral point in
Speech of encouragement
Simple tale that illustrates a moral lesson and that often features animal characters
Story is old within a narrative setting of frame
Throat
Most common form of meter in English poetry
Spirited; brave; plucky
Poem that treats a trivial subject in a lofty manner and thereby pokes fun not only at its own subject matter but at the conventions of heroic poetry
Sequence of plays that covered the whole history of the world, from the creation of Adam and Eve to the last judgment
Pilgrims who carried palm branches as a token that they had visited the Holy Land
An act performed to make amends for one’s sins
First identification of the seven sins
The first hour of the day
Adventure tale in verse or prose, featuring knights and other high-born figures
Celebration of spring date from the earliest, involving the term May date back only to ancient Rome, where Maius was the name of a month on the Roman calendar ROMAN
Confession
Various
Reckless courage; daring
A storm
Greek city-state
Standard payments made to the church

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