De Aucupe et Palumbe

I'm using some new crossword puzzle software (online, fast, easy) to create new puzzles to go with the new Aesop's fables I'm posting at LatinViaFables.com.

Today's fable at Latin Via Fables is De Aucupe et Palumbe: The Fowler and The Ring-Dove. You can visit the Latin Via Fables page to see the Latin text, English translation and some grammar help.

Word List. Here is an alphabetical word list of the Latin words included in the puzzle:

alter, altus, anguis, arbor, auceps, calx, disperire, dum, foras, forte, insidiae, insidiari, ire, miser, moliri, mordere, palumbis, premere, procul, videre

Click here to get the crossword puzzle to print and fill in.

Click here to get the crossword puzzle solution.

Here are the clues:

ACROSS

2 To lie in wait, ambush
4 To see
7 Fowler, bird-catcher
8 Ring-dove
12 To bite
14 Heel
15 By chance
16 Outside, out of doors
17 To press
18 Snake, serpent
19 Tree

DOWN

1 To go
3 To be ruined, utterly perish
5 Trap, ambush
6 Other, another
9 To build, erect, contrive
10 At a distance
11 Tall, high
12 Wretched, unfortunate
13 While, when

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