Puzzle house crossword

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Across
  1. 9. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
  2. 10. The action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed
  3. 11. Westward expansion in the 19th century
  4. 13. African American soldier
  5. 14. A Mexican American inhabitant of Southern Texas
  6. 15. A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
Down
  1. 1. Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
  2. 2. A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed
  3. 3. (of a tenant farmer) cultivate (farmland) giving a part of each crop as rent
  4. 4. Spanish Cowboy
  5. 5. A kind of clay used as a building material, typically in the form of sun-dried bricks
  6. 6. Military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law
  7. 7. A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
  8. 8. A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic
  9. 12. A disagreement, argument, or debate