The most democratic crossword in the world

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Across
  1. 2. to think about something and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc.
  2. 3. a description of events and people that the writer or speaker has invented in order to entertain people
  3. 4. a series of letters, numbers or symbols that represent a rule or law
  4. 5. to decide or say officially that something is not allowed SYNONYM prohibit
  5. 8. all the people who were born at about the same time
  6. 9. item which is forming a basic, large or important part of something
Down
  1. 1. too concerned about having things exactly as you want them; hard to please
  2. 3. ​an amount of food for one person
  3. 6. ​(of food) pleasantly hard and dry
  4. 7. two people go back a period of time (usually a long time), they have known each other for that time