The Word Puzzles

Esther 10 (2)

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8       9      
10       11      
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13 14 15       16 17
18       19     20
21       22      
23     24      
ACROSS
1. Preeminent among the ___
5. Wager
8. Send forth
9. Mackerel shark
10. Trickery
11. Comply
12. Grass grown for forage
13. Having no name
18. Employs
19. Pal
21. Aromatic herb
22. River in central Switzerland
23. Not good
24. Officiating priest of a mosque
DOWN
1. Person whose religion is Judaism
2. Islamic chieftain
3. Crafty
4. Most precipitous
5. Small yeast cake
6. Supplements
7. Playthings
9. The greatness of ___
13. Deprived of sensation
14. Continent
15. Set right
16. Fraud
17. Chapter of the Koran
20. 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet