ANSWERS
Before thou procedeth any farther, know ye that most of yon
answers may be found in The New Arthurian Encyclopedia
(Norris J. Lacy, editor. New York: Garland Publishing, 1991) and
a concordance to the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
This puzzle is copyrighted 1995 by Robert and may be downloaded
and printed out for individual use only. So there.
ACROSS
1. [LEODEGRANCES] Belonging to Arthur's father-in-law.
8. [TOR] Glastonbury ___.
10. [WAGNER] Arthurian composer.
14. [AY] Expresses distress or agreement.
15. [AX] The Green Knight's weapon.
16. [MA] Igrayne to Arthur.
17. [FA] A long, long way to run.
18. [JC (Joy Chant)] Author of "The High Kings"
(initials).
19. [REGUM] "Historia _____ Britanniae".
21. [FISHER] Title of the king who ruled 10 down (237
down).
23. [PER] ___ceval.
24. [CASTLE] Medieval fortress.
26. [TEA] Earl Grey.
27. [DEED] "When some good knight had done one noble
____..."
28. [LIE] "Our one white ___ sits like a little
ghost..."
29. [TROLL] Bridge-dwelling creature.
30. [CAERLEON] Arthur's castle (think again).
33. [HIS] "A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd / To a
lady in ___ shield."
34. [OH] Exclamation.
35. [ARL] Association of Research Libraries.
36. [DIM] "...these eyes of men are dense and ___, and
have not power to see it as it is."
39. [FATE] "For man is man and master of his
____."
40. [EXCALIBUR] John Boorman film.
42. [QUEST] A knight's mission.
43. [OR] "But who hath seen her wave her hand? / __ at
the casement seen her stand?"
45. [TOT] Arthur was this when he met 101 down.
46. [OR] "__ when the moon was overhead, / Came two
young lovers lately wed."
47. [ANEIRIN] One of the earliest writers to mention Arthur
by name (ca. 600).
49. [ISOLDE] Tristan's beloved.
51. [OUGHT] Should.
53. [AH (Arthur Hughes)] Arthurian artist (1830-1915) whose
paintings include "Sir Galahad" and "The Death of
Arthur" (initials).
54. [LYNETTE] She ridiculed 4 down.
56. [BLOW] "And up and down the people go, / Gazing
where the lilies ____."
57. [TO] "And through the field the road runs by / __
many-tower'd Camelot."
59. [BLEEDING] The ________ Lance.
61. [TV] Television.
62. [YA] Exclamation (sometimes used to start a horse).
63. [AA (Aurelius Ambrosius)] Arthur's uncle (initials).
64. [EMS] Emergency medical services.
66. [BALIN] Knight with two swords.
68. [GRAIL] Often the object of 42 across.
69. [AM] " I __ half sick of shadows, said / The Lady
of Shallot."
70. [VIVA] Long live the king!
71. [INDY] He found 68 across during the last crusade.
73. [ROYALLY] How Arthur might do something.
77. [ON] "__ burnish'd hooves his war-horse
trode..."
78. [TOM] Boy knighted by Arthur.
79. [DO] A deer, a female deer.
81. [LEFAY] Morgan ______.
83. [SEA] Arthur was taken across this at the end.
84. [THY] "Let pass whatever will,... but in their stead
___ name and glory cling to all high places like a golden cloud
for ever."
86. [UTHER] Arthur's father.
89. [IC (Irving Cox)] Author of "Lancelot Returned"
(initials).
90. [HANK] Knight from Connecticut.
91. [SEGREMORS] Knight who searched for Gawain and found a
magic island.
92. [GUENEVERE] Arthur's queen.
95. [IDYLLS] "______ of the King."
99. [LAKE] The Lady of the ____.
102. [BROCELIANDE] Enchanted forest.
109. [AA (Ambrosius Aurelianus)] Historical person on whom 63
across and 142 down may have been based.
110. [AGO] "A law was made a distant moon ___ here, /
July and August cannot be too hot."
112. [TC (Thomas Chestre)] Author of "Sir Launfal"
(initials).
113. [ONE] "For ___ brief shining moment...."
114. [RAIN] "I am going a long way...to the island-valley
of Avilion; where falls not hail, or ____, or any snow, nor ever
wind blows loudly..."
115. [LANCELOTS] Belonging to the Knight of the Cart.
117. [RUSTIEST] "...for magnet-like she drew the ________
iron of old fighters' hearts; and beasts themselves would
worship...."
119. [VN (VLADIMIR NABOKOV)] Author of "Lance," as
well as "Lolita" (initials).
120. [KE (Keith Engar)] Author of "Merlin's Tale of
Arthur's Magic Sword" (initials).
121. [SOLO] How a knight often travels when on a 42
across.
123. [DR (DOROTHY ROBERTS)] She wrote about Tristan and 49
across in "The Enchanted Cup" (initials).
124. [OBEY] "Yea, my lord, I know your wish and would
____...."
125. [AGES] The Middle ____.
126. [SM (Stuart Merrill)] U.S. born French symbolist (1863-
1915) who wrote poems based on 10 across, including "A
l'Instant Auroral" (initials).
128. [LOR] "F___iant et F___ete".
129. [EXAM] Test
131. [YAR] Star Trek's Tasha
133. [OBERON] 118 down's version of the son of 81 across and
Julius Caesar.
134. [KIP] To sleep.
136. [BILBO] Mr. Baggins (Gandalf's pal).
138. [MS (Mary Stewart)] Author of "The Crystal
Cave" (initials).
140. [UT (U. Ashworth Taylor)] Author of "The City of
Sarras" (initials)
141. [MGM] They produced 223 down.
143. [OMEARA] Author of "The Duke of War."
145. [EN] In (Spanish)
146. [AE (Annie Ellerman)] Author of "Ruan"
(initials).
147. [REMOTE] "...That sparkled on the yellow field, /
Beside ______ Shalott."
148. [NOS] Multiple refusals
149. [ISLE] "And that silent ____ imbowers / The Lady of
Shalott."
151. [ROWLEYS] Belonging to someone who probably was present
at the Birth of 142 down even if 118 down was not.
153. [NOR] "I never saw, ___ shall see, here or
elsewhere,... so great a miracle."
154. [EMPEROR] "The _______ Arthur" by Godfrey E.
Turton.
157. [LAG] Fall behind.
159. [ERA] A period in history.
160. [EMRYS] The Welsh name for 109 across.
162. [IT (Irwin Tucker)] Author of 11 down (initials).
164. [ZIMMER] Marion ______ Bradley.
167. [HARP] Tristan's instrument.
168. [NEK] Carbo___ (another name for the castle in 10
down.
169. [SWANS] Animals that carry away Lohengrin.
170. [INN] The Boar's Head
173. [HEAVEN] "But then the times grew to such evil that
the holy cup was caught away to ______, and
disappear'd."
175. [ELIOT] Author of 10 down.
176. [ARENA] Where contemporary tournaments might be
held.
178. [NOR] "I know not what I am, ___ whence I am, ___
whether I be king...."
180. [GEM] "His talk...was wont to glance and sparkle
like a ___ of fifty facets."
184. [LO] Behold!
185. [EDDY] "There the river ____ whirls, / And there
the surly village-churls...."
187. [TI] A drink with jam and bread.
188. [ARIMATHEA] Joseph of _________.
191. [APOLLO] Tristan's uncle.
193. [AIR] "...until this earth he walks on seems not
earth, this light that strikes his eyeball is not light, this ___
that smites his forhead is not ___ but vision...."
194. [WAR] "Arthur is come again; he cannot die.... Come
with all good things, and ___ shall be no more."
195. [EGG] "This ___ of mine was finer gold than any
goose can lay."
196. [AWN] Beard of wheat.
197. [HEL] Goddess of death.
198. [INWARD] "And ever and anon a knight would pass
outward, or ______ to the hall...."
200. [ARMED] "And everywhere the knights _____ for a day
of glory before the king."
202. [TEN] "But ___ slow mornings past, and on the
eleventh her father laid the letter in her hand, and closed the
hand upon it, and she died."
204. [IH (Isabel Hearne)] Author of "Queen
Herzelied" (initials).
206. [NENNIUS] First historian to describe Arthur as an
important leader (ca. 800).
208. [DIETERICH] Fictionalized biography of 249 across by
Bruno Gloger.
211. [NAZI] This kind of person tried to get 68 across away
from 71 across.
212. [AT (Anna Taylor)] Author of "Drustan the
Wanderer" (initials).
214. [NR (NEIL RANDALL)] Author of the Arthurian fantasy
gamebook, "Storm of Dust" (initials).
215. [OT] Old Testament.
216. [URN] Container for ashes.
218. [NEB] A birds beak.
221. [JO (James Ormerod)] Author of "Tristram's
Tomb" (initials).
222. [GT (GUILLEM TORROELLA)] Author of "La
Faula."
224. [DECREE] An order given by Arthur.
226. [ROBIN] When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely
turned his tail and fled.
228. [RIO] City in Brazil that has nothing to do with
Arthur.
230. [LAWYER] "For the ______ is born but to murder -
the Saviour lives but to bless."
231. [EA (Edwin Abbey)] Boston Public Library artist
(initials).
232. [EASTER] "The live green had kindled into flowers,
for it was past the time of ______-day."
233. [EB (EDWARD BAIRD)] Author of "They Went South by
Severn" (initials).
234. [ILL] 237 down's physical condition.
236. [LB (LAURENCE BINYON)] Author of "Tristram's
End" (initials).
238. [ORKNEY] 99 down's kingdom.
241. [TT (T. Hilhouse Taylor)] Australian author of
"Parsifal" (initials).
242. [ALAS] A sigh for poor Yorick.
244. [GAIMAR] Author of "L'Estoire des Engles," an
Anglo-Norman verse adaptation of 19 across, which updates it
through the time of William Rufus.
246. [NI] The Knights Who Say __.
247. [EMERSONS] Belonging to the American transcendentalist
author of "Merlin's Song."
248. [MET] "And oft they ___ among the garden
yews...."
249. [VON] Gottfried ___ Strassburg.
250. [AMO] One might say this after reading a book by Andreas
Capellanus.
251. [SPY] "Modred...climb'd to the high top of the
garden-wall to ___ some secret scandal if he might."
252. [BAN] 115 across' father.
DOWN
2. [EXCALIBUR] Arthur's sword.
3. [DANTE] He showed Tristan in Hell.
4. [GARETHS] Belonging to the "kitchen boy."
5. [RYE] "On either side the river lie / Long fields of
barley and of ___..."
6. [CAMELOT] Arthur's castle.
7. [EX] Former.
9. [OF] Lady __ Shalott.
10. [WASTELAND] Area surrounding Corbenic, where 68 across
was kept.
11. [GREAL] San_____ (another name for 68 across).
12. [EL (Emil Lucka)] Author of "Isolde Weisshand"
(initials).
13. [GARD] Joyous ____ (Lancelot's castle).
16. [MI] A name I call myself.
17. [FEE] Payment.
18. [JC (John Ciardi)] Author of "Launcelot in
Hell" (initials).
20. [GEOFFREY] Author of 19 across.
22. [HER] "But who hath seen ___ wave ___ hand? / Or at
the casement seen ___ stand?"
23. [PENDRAGONS] Belonging to Arthur's family.
25. [SIS] Morgan to Arthur.
27. [DO] A knight engages in derring __.
30. [CAXTON] Publisher of 37 down.
31. [ARC] "...this a bridge of single ___ took at a
leap..."
32. [EMBROIDERY] Wienhausen needlework.
37. [MORTE] "Le _____ Darthur."
38. [ESCHENBACHS] Belonging to Wolfram.
40. [EOS] Goddess of Dawn.
41. [IO] Moon of Jupiter.
43. [ON] "From underneath his helmet flow'd / His coal-
black curls as __ he rode."
44. [ANNWFN] "The Spoils of ______."
45. [TINTAGEL] Arthur was born here.
47. [ASTOLAT] Elaine's home.
48. [ROLAND] Carolingian knight
50. [EREC] He neglected his knightly duties after he married
104 down.
52. [ALT] Supermodel.
53. [AN (Andre Norton)] Author of "Merlin's Mirror"
(initials).
55. [YVAIN] Knight with the lion.
56. [BY] "A gleaming shape she floated __, / Dead-pale
between the houses high."
58. [OAR] "The barge with ___ and sail moved from the
brink, like some full-breasted swan."
59. [BRITAIN] The Matter of _______.
60. [IM (Ian McDowell)] Author of "Son of the
Morning" (initials).
65. [AMY] Etiquette author.
67. [NIMUE] She enchanted 142 down.
69. [ALAN] First name of 150 down.
70. [VOW] "But since I did not see the holy thing, I
sware a ___ to follow it till I saw."
72. [YDER] He rescued 92 across from a bear.
74. [ONCE] "The ____ and Future King."
75. [ASHE] Scholar of the historical Arthur.
76. [LEA] "Rain, rain, and sun! a rainbow on the ___! /
The truth is this to me, and that to thee."
80. [ORS] Ands, buts, & ____.
82. [EMU] Flightless bird often found in crossword
puzzles.
85. [YE] "__ have seen what __ have seen.".
87. [TM (Thomas Malory)] Author of 37 down (initials).
88. [HO] Laugh.
89. [IV] Intravenous.
93. [WILLIAMMORRIS] He made 92 across speak in her own
defence.
94. [TENNYSON] Author of 95 across, 9 down, and most of the
quotes used in this puzzle.
96. [YANKEE] 90 across' ethnicity.
97. [LACES] "A knight cast down before his throne...the
_____ of a helmet crack'd."
98. [SALISBURY] Where 142 down erected Stonehenge.
99. [LOTS] Belonging to the father of 4 down and 180
down.
100. [KT (Katrina Trask)] Author of "Under King
Constantine" (initials.)
101. [ECTOR] Arthur's foster father
102. [BURNEJONES] Arthurian artist (1833-1898) whose
paintings include "The Beguiling of Merlin" and
"Arthur in Avalon."
103. [COT] "Each evening from December to December, /
Before you drift to sleep upon your ___ ...."
104. [ENID] 50 down's wife, who was made to prove her
loyalty.
105. [LEERY] Suspicious.
106. [ARTORIUS] Arthur's Roman name.
107. [NA] Sodium.
108. [DIVE] "An arrow whizz'd to the right, one to the
left, one overhead; and Pellam's feeble cry ... made him quickly
____ beneath the boughs, and race thro' many a mile...."
111. [GO] "But now the whole round table is
dissolved...and I, the last, __ forth companionless."
118. [SHAKESPEARE] He may have been present at the Birth of
142 down.
116. [SOLOMON] His ship carried 172 down, 23 across, and Bors
to Sarras.
122. [LONGTO] "From prime to vespers will I chant thy
praise...till she ____ __ have thee back in lusty life
again." (two words).
127. [METES] What Ulysses does with unequal laws unto a
savage race.
130. [MIA] Missing in action.
132. [AB (Anthony Burgess)] He wrote about 2 down in
"Any Old Iron," as well as "A Clockwork
Orange" and a translation "Cyrano de Bergerac"
(initials).
135. [PRERAPHAELITE] Group of artists including 53 across and
102 down.
137. [BEE] "But she was happy enough and shook it off,
as we shake off the ___ that buzzes at us."
139. [ZELAZNY] The Last Defender of Camelot.
142. [MERLIN] The Mage at Arthur's court.
144. [MOM] Elaine's relationship to 172 down.
146. [AWL] A pointed tool.
149. [IRELAND] 49 across' home.
150. [LERNER] Arthurian lyricist.
152. [EGIS] Zeus' shield.
155. [ERR] To mistake.
156. [ASK] " ___ me not, for I may not speak of it; I
saw it; and the tears were in his eyes."
158. [ME (Margery Evernden)] Author of "King Arthur's
Sword" (initials).
161. [YEN] A craving.
163. [TWEE] Cute and precious.
165. [MELEAGANT] The villain who kidnapped 92 across.
166. [RIOTHAMUS] Historical person who may have been the real
King Arthur.
171. [NT (Nikolai Tolstoy)] Author of "The Coming of the
King," but not "Anna Karenina" (initials).
172. [GALAHAD] 115 across' son. He found 68 across.
174. [VOY] I go (Spanish).
177. [ROPE] "...Torn as a sail that leaves the ____ is
torn in tempest."
179. [SIR] A knight's title.
180. [GAWAIN] Knight who accepted 15 across' challenge.
181. [MARK] 49 across' husband.
182. [SIEGE] The _____ Perilous.
183. [LAND] "Or is she known in all the ____, / The Lady
of Shalott?"
186. [DON] ___ Quixote.
187. [TIDE] "For ere she reached upon the ____ / The
first house by the water-side, / Singing in her song she
died...."
189. [MG (Mossen Gras)] Author of "Tragedia de
Lancalot" (initials).
190. [EWES] Sheep.
192. [OLWEN] Culhwch's beloved.
193. [ARTHUR] "There grew great tracts of wilderness,
wherein the beast was ever more and more, but man was less and
less, till ______ came."
199. [WHITE] Author of 74 down.
201. [RI] Rhode Island.
203. [NINE] Arthur is one of the ____ Worthies.
205. [HALO] Saintly glow.
206. [NINIANE] 115 across' foster mother.
207. [NAB] To catch or grab.
209. [TROYES] Chretien de ______.
210. [RODRIGO] Author of "Fructo de los
Tiempos."
213. [LOGRES] Arthur's kingdom.
217. [REDLAMA] Tibetan monk, gules (two words) (It's late and
I'm getting desperate).
219. [EN (Elizabeth Norman)] Author of "Silver, Jewels
and Jade" (initials).
220. [MISTS] "The _____ of Avalon" (164
across).
222. [GLEAM] 142 down followed this.
223. [TABLE] "Knights of the Round _____."
225. [CALI] ____burnus (another name for 2 down).
226. [RYONS] King descended from Hercules who wanted to trim
his cloak with Arthur's beard.
227. [BEK] He found 68 across for Lucifer in "The War
Hound and the World's Pain."
228. [RA (Robert Ackerman)] Scholar who divided medieval
English Arthurian literature into three categories (initials).
229. [OTTO] Holy Roman Emperor.
232. [EYE] "On either hand, as far as ___ could see, a
great black swamp..."
235. [LAN] Local Area Network.
237. [BRON] King of 10 down. He was 188 across' brother-in-
law and 23 across' grandfather.
239. [RIP] Tear.
240. [EM (Edwin Muir)] Author of "Tristram's
Journey" (initials).
243. [AT] "And __ the closing of the day / She loosed
the chain and down she lay...."
245. [MAB] Faerie queen.
