Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- The ___ as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
- 6 Across
- An arbitrary sign that has acquired a conventional significance
- 7 Across
- A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process (plural)
- 8 Across
- Place where students learn
- 9 Across
- Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
- 10 Across
- Impossible to forget
- 12 Across
- A wad of something ___ as tobacco
- 15 Across
- Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic
- 1 Down
- A ribbonlike strip of pasta
- 2 Down
- A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- 3 Down
- Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
- 4 Down
- To remove the veil from
- 5 Down
- Any of various small flat sweet cakes
- 6 Down
- Proper alignment
- 11 Down
- A small elite group
- 13 Down
- A light usually carried in the hand
- 14 Down