De mure urbano et mure rustico

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 mure urbano et mure rustico: City Mouse and Country Mouse. 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:

anxietas, cena, copia, daps, dives, fel, habere, inopia, laudare, malle, mel, mus, penu, periculum, quotidianus, rus, rusticus, securus, urbanus, urbs

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

6 Mouse
8 To prefer
9 Want, poverty
12 To praise
13 Daily, everyday
16 City, urban
18 Provisions
19 City

DOWN

1 Country, rural
2 Worry, anguish
3 Supper, dinner
4 Plenty, abundance
5 Danger
7 Carefree, safe
8 Honey
10 To have
11 Bile, bitterness
14 Rich, wealthy
15 Feast, banquet
17 Countryside

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