Sword in the Stone Themed Dress-Ups and Sentence Openers

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Across
  1. 2. The crowd ____________ when the blade slid from the stone. (strong verb)
  2. 4. Because Briton was lacking a strong leader, neighboring kingdoms were planning to ________ the land. (strong verb)
  3. 5. The knights were astonished _______ the smallest boy among them had succeeded in removing the stone.
  4. 8. Wart, ________ had always felt ordinary, realized he had a great calling on his life.
  5. 9. The _________, weathered stone stood in the courtyard. (quality adj.)
  6. 10. ______________ with all his might, Sir Kay tried to wrench the sword from the stone but failed. (-ing opener)
  7. 12. _______________ the prophecy was fulfilled by a humble boy.
  8. 14. ____________ Merlin waited and trained Arthur for his great future. (-ly opener)
  9. 15. Sir Ector spoke ___________ as he reminded Wart to fetch Kay's sword. (-ly Adverb)
  10. 16. The sword, _________ no other knight could move, came free in his hands.
  11. 18. Many knights arrived to compete for the crown ____________ there had been a prophecy that the next King would remove the sword from the stone. (www.asia)
  12. 19. _________________ the crowd gasp, Wart looked down at the sword in his hand in surprise. (-ing opener)
Down
  1. 1. Merlin had a wise but _________ presence in Arthur's life. (quality adj.)
  2. 3. The people watched in awe ______ the impossible happened. (www.asia)
  3. 6. ____________, the knights boasted of their own strength.
  4. 7. ___________ Wart submitted to Sir Ector and Kay as their servant in the tournament. (-ly opener)
  5. 11. The people of Briton were so _______________ for a king they forgot about the prophecy and held a jousting tournament instead. (quality adj.)
  6. 13. The people of Briton realized it had been a very long time ___________ the country had a king.
  7. 15. Wart _____________ over the church wall in search of a sword. (strong verb)
  8. 17. Many years of waiting for a king ended _______ wart, who became King Arthur, pulled the sword from the stone. (www.asia)