The Masque of the Red Death A

The Masque of the Red Death A

Vickii Bendit

This puzzle is made to go with the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death."

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Across

2. The black plague was also called this

3. very wise or shrewd

6. monasteries or convents

10. symbol or manifestation of an unseen force

11. stopping, either forever or for some time

13. unfrightened

16. clothing

19. virulent or contagious disease

20. costume ball or masquerade theme

22. poets who imporvise or create verses on the spot

23. uninhibited

Down

1. attendant at a royal court

4. imposing and magnificent

5. requirements of good taste

7. metal pan or bowl to hold burning coals

8. ghost; spector; illusion; unreal

9. pleasantly sharp quality

10. elaborately designed

12. disapprove

14. entering

15. castle like towers

17. leaving

18. masked and costumed person who acts out a pantomine

21. massive or large

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