Democracy

Horizontal Words

1. The C of EC 1974 (9)
3. Misspelled insult for a stupid person. Surname of 18th Century Philosopher (5)
5. We have one every Monday, the Irish had one on Abortion rights. (8)
7. Could refer to the budget, or democracy. Means less than good. (7)
9. Freddie Mercury and David Bowie sang about being under it. Plus a group (14)

Vertical Words

2. One type of political engagement, they caused a fuel shortage 40 years ago (12)
4. Swiss people with swords do the counting in these. (14)
6. You do it on the telephone. The word you're looking for is when you do it again. (6)
8. Portraits are described as this. We focus on social and political (14)