Riddle Relay

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Across
  1. 3. With every strike, I tell the story of resistance, a tool used for breaking and for making noise.(6 letters)
  2. 4. I can be dropped or misplaced, but I open the door to liberty and new hope.(4 letters)
  3. 7. A daily tool for sustenance, but I have been used in desperate times to forge escape.(4 letters)
  4. 8. A secret path, dug in the night, leading to escape beneath the guards' sight.(6 letters)
Down
  1. 1. Not for warmth alone, my folds hide more than cloth—they carry secrets untold.(5 letters)
  2. 2. I carry hidden whispers from one hand to another, wrapped in silence, but loud in meaning.(6 letters)
  3. 5. At first glance, I stir only food, but in skilled hands, I break chains and open doors.(5 letters)
  4. 6. A symbol of revolt, I fluttered in the wind though no one was free to see.(4 letters)
  5. 7. Drawn with care in shadows, I reveal the path to freedom beneath the earth.(9 letters)