Merchant's Tale

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U P T T L R M G M W Y A Y C N B G
N S N E B I J S A B H E Y S Y R O
R S E D L R A Q R W L P T Y U F I
L D I J I L W P T B C O B C L N M
I Q D X N H Q J A X U Q F O V J N
W K E M D F R I A P S I L U A N M
X A B Y J X L M I A N I F R E V O
L T O E O E L N D A V N Q T Y P W
G Y S U R P G L N E A N L L D F J
Q L H N F A E C S M C A R Y X L Q
Y E U A G S I T R A T S G L D L C
T E Y E I A O N P S T Y U O G Y F
C O W R L C B G Y J R K P V N A A
O O G R K O A E E G K S D E U W W
V A C H U R C H U P S Q C M A C N
V A Q K K J G T R Q W C F B V N O
F R O V H Q N Q N O R J U F J R L

Clues

  • 'Tendre youth hath wed....' (8, 3)
  • Chaucer describes love as '_ _ _ _ _' (5)
  • Marriage was a ______ transaction (9)
  • May is 'simply another piece of _____' (according to Sam Brunner) (9)
  • Sam Brunner describes the Merchant as a 'devious', 'secretive' and '______' narrator (10)
  • What critic discusses Chaucer's use of food imagery to describe women? (4, 3)
  • What does 'buxom' mean? (8)
  • What ideal form of love is Chaucer parodying? (7, 4)
  • What was the name of the loyal wife in the clerk's tale? (8)
  • Who held the most power in medieval England? (6)

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