Across
- 1. the seventh month of the year
- 8. a device containing gunpowder which causes spectacular effects and explosions used for display or in celebrations
- 9. the date on which an event occurred in some previous year
- 10. the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state a particular ministry in office
- 11. a loss entailed by giving up something
Down
- 2. the state of being free within society
- 3. a formal public statement
- 4. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
- 5. the fact or state of being independent
- 6. marked by active interest and enthusiasm
- 7. law determining the fundamental principles
- 8. a piece of cloth used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution