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The answer CRESSIDA has 40 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.

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Definitions of cressida in various dictionaries:

A Trojan woman in medieval romances who first returns the love of Troilus but later forsakes him for Diomedes.

CRESSIDA - Cressida (; also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan Wa...

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This title character is the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest
Briseis in Homer's "Iliad" evolved in tales over time to wind up as this Shakespeare title character
In Shakespeare:Troilus & her
She's in Troy when she tells Pandarus, "Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle!"
Though she promises Troilus she'll be faithful, she dallies with Diomedes
Her Uncle Pandarus encourages her affair with Troilus
This love of Troilus, legendary prince of Troy, wasn't his new Toyota
Tragic tramp who two-timed Troilus
The rose seen here shares its name with this Trojan woman, who deserted her lover for Diomedes
During the Trojan War she betrayed her love Troilus & he was killed
Cressida description
Cressida (; also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War. She is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Calchas, a Greek seer. She falls in love with Troilus, the youngest son of King Priam, and pledges everlasting love, but when she is sent to the Greeks as part of a hostage exchange, she forms a liaison with the Greek warrior Diomedes. In later culture she becomes an archetype of a faithless lover.
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