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Let’s solve this Easter Crossword step by step.

We have a word list:
- bread
- cross
- sacrifice
- love
- stone
- hosanna
- empty
- risen
- slept
- thorns

And we have clues for Across and Down. Let’s match each clue to the correct word from the list, based on meaning and number of letters (we can count boxes in the crossword grid).

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Across Clues:

1. “Taking this during the last supper symbolized Jesus’ body.”
→ This is bread. (Last Supper = bread = Jesus’ body)
Also, looking at the grid, Across 1 has 5 boxes → “bread” fits.

4. “Jesus was forced to wear a crown made of these instead of a crown meant for a real king.”
→ That’s thorns. (Crown of thorns)
Grid: Across 4 has 6 boxes → “thorns” = 6 letters ✔️

7. “The angel told the women, ‘Don’t be afraid, Jesus isn’t here; He has ___!’”
→ The angel said He has risen. (Resurrection!)
Grid: Across 7 has 5 boxes → “risen” = 5 letters ✔️

8. “Instead of praying the disciples did this when Jesus went off to pray by himself.”
→ They slept. (In Gethsemane, they fell asleep)
Grid: Across 8 has 5 boxes → “slept” = 5 letters ✔️

9. “The main reason that God gave His only son, Jesus to die for each of us.”
→ Because of love. (John 3:16 — God so loved the world...)
Grid: Across 9 has 4 boxes → “love” = 4 letters ✔️

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Down Clues:

2. “On Sunday the two Mary’s didn’t find Jesus but a tomb that was ___.”
→ The tomb was empty. (He rose!)
Grid: Down 2 has 5 boxes → “empty” = 5 letters ✔️

3. “The word people shouted to Jesus that means blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”
→ That’s hosanna. (Palm Sunday shout)
Grid: Down 3 has 7 boxes → “hosanna” = 7 letters ✔️

5. “Jesus became the ___ for us, so we could be forgiven for our sins.”
→ He became the sacrifice. (Atonement)
Grid: Down 5 has 9 boxes → “sacrifice” = 9 letters ✔️

6. “Jesus was meant to die on this.”
→ On the cross.
Grid: Down 6 has 5 boxes → “cross” = 5 letters ✔️

8. “This was put in front of the tomb so nobody could steal Jesus’ body.”
→ A big stone. (Rolling stone away)
Grid: Down 8 has 5 boxes → “stone” = 5 letters ✔️

Wait — Down 8? But Across 8 is also there. Let’s check the grid layout.

Actually, looking again — Down 8 starts at the same square as Across 8? No — let’s recheck numbering.

In standard crosswords, numbers are placed where words start. So:

- Down 2 starts at top row, column 2 → goes down 5 boxes → “empty”
- Down 3 starts at row 2, column 3 → goes down 7 boxes → “hosanna”
- Down 5 starts at row 3, column 5 → goes down 9 boxes → “sacrifice”
- Down 6 starts at row 3, column 6 → goes down 5 boxes → “cross”
- Down 8 starts at row 7, column 4 → goes down 5 boxes → “stone”

Yes, all fit.

Now, let’s fill in the answers clearly:

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Final Answers by Number:

Across:
1. bread
4. thorns
7. risen
8. slept
9. love

Down:
2. empty
3. hosanna
5. sacrifice
6. cross
8. stone

(Note: Down 8 is “stone”, which matches the clue about the tomb.)

All words from the list are used exactly once. Perfect!

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Final Answer:
Across: 1. bread, 4. thorns, 7. risen, 8. slept, 9. love
Down: 2. empty, 3. hosanna, 5. sacrifice, 6. cross, 8. stone