Red, White & Black

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  1. 1. First Prime Minister of independent T&T (4 letters, 8 letters)
  2. 4. Country T&T considered uniting with post-independence (7 letters)
  3. 5. National Flower of Trinidad and Tobago (8 letters)
  4. 8. Country whose system inspired T&T’s Constitution (6 letters, 7 letters
  5. 9. The legal head of state before Prime Minister (8 letters, 7 letters)
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  1. 2. Composer of the national anthem (8 letters)
  2. 3. August 1st holiday celebrated before Independence Day (12 letters)
  3. 6. British monarch at time of independence (9 letters)
  4. 7. Legal document that took effect on Aug 31, 1962 (12 letters)