Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- A republic in western South America
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- A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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- The largest city of Ecuador
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- A group of islands in the Pacific off South America
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- A republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
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- A landlocked republic in central South America
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- Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru
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- The capital of Ecuador
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- Capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government
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- A republic in northwestern South America
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- A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain (plural)
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- A readily salable ___ that is grown and gathered for the market
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- The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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