Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A mass of precious metal
- 3 Across
- The state of being under the control of another person
- 4 Across
- Continent that includes France and Italy
- 6 Across
- An illness that harms the body
- 7 Across
- Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks
- 10 Across
- A newly established colony
- 11 Across
- An economic system to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's
- 12 Across
- An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash
- 13 Across
- Involving the entire earth
- 15 Across
- A group's customs, art and way of life
- 1 Down
- Involving the entire earth
- 2 Down
- A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula
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- Largest continent on Earth
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- An economic system based on private ownership of ___
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- Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
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- The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership (plural)
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