Commonwealth

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Across
  1. 1. Biennial summit where heads of government set priorities
  2. 6. 1949 agreement that let republics stay in the Commonwealth
  3. 8. Voluntary association of 56 equal sovereign states
  4. 9. 2012 document linking membership to democracy and rule of law
  5. 10. Status of being fully independent and self-governing
  6. 12. Day-to-day chief coordinator of the Commonwealth
  7. 13. Post-1945 wave of colonies becoming independent
  8. 14. Member states where the British monarch remains head of state
Down
  1. 2. London headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat
  2. 3. Above-state authority with binding power (what the Commonwealth is not)
  3. 4. 1931 act that expanded dominion legislative autonomy
  4. 5. Population statistics used to total “Commonwealth population”
  5. 7. Secretary-General from 1 April 2025
  6. 9. Current symbolic Head of the Commonwealth
  7. 11. Commonwealth’s main executive administrative body