De vulpe et pardo

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 vulpe et pardo: Fox and Leopard. 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:

animus, concertare, corpus, cum, extollere, formosus, insignis, longe, nota, ornatus, pardus, pellis, potior, pulchritudo, sed, sortiri, speciosus, varius, versicolor, vulpes

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

1 Skin, hide
4 Shapely, beautiful
5 To elevate, exalt
7 Preferable, better
8 Mark, quality
11 Mind, spirit
12 Fox
13 Multi-colored
17 Adornment, dress
18 Handsome, beautiful
20 Body

DOWN

2 To obtain by lot
3 To strive, dispute
6 Leopard, panther
9 Beauty
10 Remarkable, distinguished
14 But
15 By far
16 Diverse, various
19 When, since

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