Crossword puzzle clue "it must be crossed to become more than one"

It must be crossed to become more than one

"He must have a long spoon that must ___ the devil"

"For men must ___ women must weep": Kingsley

Crossed one's i's and dotted one's t's?

Become entangled — become engaged

Hamlet's "A little more than kin, and less than kind," e.g.

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the ___; nothing is more difficult than to understand him": Dostoyevsky

More than fair, less than great