Insert the name of a Shakespearean character into the bottom row in order to complete nine 3-letter words reading downwards.

         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         | M | A | W | H | H | H | W | B | S |
         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         | I | C | A | A | U | I | H | A | E |
         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

SOUNDPOST, (James): a minor character and musician in Romeo and Juliet
• mis - plural of mi: third note of the sol-fa
• aco - a Mediterranean fish
• wau - the digamma, an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet
• han - a wooden board in a Zen monastery used to alert its community members of an event; (capitalized) a dominant majority ethnic group of China; a Chinese language or the characters used in its written form; a feudal clan or fief in Japan 
• hud - (Provincial English) a huck or hull, as of a nut
• hip - a joint between the legs and waist; modern and fashionable
• who - what or which person or persons
• bas - plural of ba (usually capitalized): an aspect of the soul in Egyptian mythology
• set - to place; to adjust; to establish; location of a staged production

Given that the first character is only a minor one, and that  some of the words above are not found in many American English dictionaries, the likely answer is:

DESDEMONAOthello's wife in Othello
• mid
• ace
• was
• had
• hue
• him
• who
• ban
• sea

Posted by Dej Mar on 2013-01-17 14:37:52