Esther

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Great happiness (3)
  2. 5. A ceremonial dinner party for many people (7)
  3. 7. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  4. 9. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  5. 10. A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob and connected by cultural (plural) (4)
  6. 12. The end of life (5)
  7. 14. To impose a penalty on (6)
  8. 15. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)

Down

  1. 1. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction (5)
  2. 2. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed (7)
  3. 3. An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed (6)
  4. 6. Female ruler of a kingdom (5)
  5. 8. A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing (6)
  6. 11. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (4)
  7. 13. A special way of doing something (4)