Pieceword

With the help of the Across clues only, can you fit the 25 pieces into their correct positions in the empty grid (which, when completed, will exhibit a symmetrical pattern)?

ACROSS

1 Form of existence beyond death • Button on a TV remote

3 Putting a question to • Stream of abuse

5 Untrue, imaginary • Taken by car

7 Sporting weapon • Intrinsic nature

9 Effeminate • Jolly good!

11 Serving a purpose • Attractive, seductive

13 Idiom, jargon • Fat stomach

15 Abstainer from all animal products • Come together