For Which It Stands

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A crossword tribute to national symbols, geography, and history. Solve clues about flags, anthems, heraldry, and international relations.
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  • 1A
    Roughly, when dating a historical charter
  • 5A
    Triumphal feature of Paris or St. Louis
  • 6A
    Key WWII intelligence project, codenamed ___
  • 8A
    Component of the Crown Jewels that's held
  • 9A
    Like the sun on Japan's flag
  • 10A
    England's national flower
  • 11A
    What treaties often define

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  • 1D
    What an anthem is for
  • 2D
    How a standard is borne
  • 3D
    League members since 1945
  • 4D
    National sites of veneration, like Arlington
  • 7D
    Wreath on a heraldic helmet