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Across
  1. 5. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
  2. 6. capable of being read or deciphered
  3. 7. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
  4. 10. the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
Down
  1. 1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  2. 2. make legal
  3. 3. the act of making or enacting laws
  4. 4. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
  5. 8. the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
  6. 9. report or maintain