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Across 1. the capitol of Hell 4. men/women who embezzelled money 5. the chief of the centaurs 6. a guard who is half-man, half-bull 10. represents the sins of the fraudulent and malicious 12. Dante's muse; she petitions Virgil to help him 13. Virgil and Dante ride on this flying beast 15. half-man, half-horse guards 16. carries poets across the river of blood 19. the Pope buried with the heretics 20. someone who denies immortality (according to Dante) 22. these sinners are punished by being made a tree 23. represents the sins of the violent and bestial

Down 1. creatures who are used to torture those in the boiling pitch 2. punished by being forced to walk backwards 3. the boatman of the river Styx 7. the boatman of the river Acheron 8. the three-headed guard dog 9. the number of beasts who chase Dante into the woods 11. sold false religious relics; misused Christianity for profit 14. these sinners were angry and battled during life 17. represents the sins of incontinence 18. the Furies call her for help 21. sinners who lived virtuously, but without knowledge of Christianity are sent