Boots and cats

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Across
  1. 3. A small kind of firearm
  2. 6. A child is this when someone that is not their parents take custody of them.
  3. 8. The crime of burning property
  4. 9. A message in an envelope
Down
  1. 1. This kind of plea can soften the punishment for crimes
  2. 2. Someone who boasts about their actions
  3. 3. untrue rumor or phenomenon
  4. 4. Common household pet
  5. 5. Female adult
  6. 7. Biblical evil