Message in a X-word Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. deep hole with water.
  2. 4. Not a laugh.
  3. 6. In the near future
  4. 7. Retrieve.
  5. 8. ____ pants are on fire!
Down
  1. 1. single title.
  2. 2. Plural form of me.
  3. 3. It's the best medicine.
  4. 5. Jackson ___ Sophia sitting in a tree....