Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
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- A formal expression by a meeting
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- The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
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- The first month of the year
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- To bring into existence
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- A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
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- A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
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- A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil
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- Of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
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- The act of sending a message
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- Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
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- A vote to select the winner of a position or political office
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- A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
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- A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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- Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of ___ or social equality
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- Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
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