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Esther crossword
12 clues from the book of Esther. Check your answers as you go, or print it out for your group.
Esther crossword12 words
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Across
- 3 festival remembering Jewish deliverance (5)
- 5 African land in the king's domain (8)
- 7 Persian king who ruled from India to Ethiopia (9)
- 11 keeper of the king's women (5)
- 12 land at one end of the king's empire (5)
Down
- 1 Esther's Hebrew name (8)
- 2 Haman's wife (6)
- 4 Esther's cousin and guardian (8)
- 6 wicked enemy of the Jews (5)
- 8 Jewish queen who saved her people (6)
- 9 palace city of Persia (7)
- 10 queen who refused the king's command (6)
Answers
3 across: festival remembering Jewish deliverance
Answer: PURIM — Esther 9:26
5 across: African land in the king's domain
Answer: ETHIOPIA — Esther 1:1
7 across: Persian king who ruled from India to Ethiopia
Answer: AHASUERUS — Esther 1:1
11 across: keeper of the king's women
Answer: HEGAI — Esther 2:8
12 across: land at one end of the king's empire
Answer: INDIA — Esther 1:1
1 down: Esther's Hebrew name
Answer: HADASSAH — Esther 2:7
2 down: Haman's wife
Answer: ZERESH — Esther 5:10
4 down: Esther's cousin and guardian
Answer: MORDECAI — Esther 2:5
6 down: wicked enemy of the Jews
Answer: HAMAN — Esther 3:1
8 down: Jewish queen who saved her people
Answer: ESTHER — Esther 2:7
9 down: palace city of Persia
Answer: SHUSHAN — Esther 1:2
10 down: queen who refused the king's command
Answer: VASHTI — Esther 1:9