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Click on a number in the GRID (not in the Clues) to see the clue/s for that number. The clue appears at top left, above the grid. Type your answer into the empty BOX. Click on "Enter" to place your word into the grid. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter/s. Click on "Check," below the grid, to check your answer/s. ... eslyes.com, (c) Mike Carlson
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Across:

1. Unfortunately, I'm only a tax-paying ___.
7. They'd declare that eggshells are ___ if a lobbyist asked them to.
9. The French fry industry has ___ petitioning the USDA for years.
10. How ___ you consider a product that's deep-fried in oil to be fresh?
13. I wish I were a ___.
15. The ___ defends its decision.
17. "You must ___ joking," said Annie, 50.
18. The French fry industry has been ___ing the USDA for years.
19. They say their product is ___ to cucumbers that have a wax coating.
20. ___ them sit on your countertop for a couple of weeks.
21. The industry has been petitioning USDA for years to ___ this approval.
22. USDA defends ___ decision, saying that potatoes are vegetables.
24. The fries "___ rot" just like all other fresh vegetables.
28. Oil is much healthier for consumers than plain ___.
29. Most consumers, of course, ___ to differ.
30. You ___ be joking.
35. They use vegetable oil, which is much ___ for consumers than wax.
36. I wish I ___ a lobbyist, so my congressman would help me.
37. They use vegetable oil, which is healthier for consumers ___ plain wax.
38. Their product is similar to cucumbers that ___ a wax coating.
39. Frozen French ___ are now approved as "fresh vegetables."
40. Consumer advocates say the USDA has ___ touch with consumers.
41. Although French fries ___ fried in oil, they ___ still potatoes.
42. Frozen French fries--sliced, ___ in oil, and then packaged--are now....
43. The federal government has yielded to the French ___ industry.
44. Advocates say the USDA ___ totally lost touch with consumers.
46. How can you consider a product that's ___-fried to be a fresh vegetable?
48. ...vegetable oil, which is ___ healthier for consumers than plain wax.
50. I'm only a ___-paying citizen.
53. If you let them sit on your ___ for a couple of weeks, a USDA....
54. They say their product is similar to cucumbers that have a wax ___.
55. "They'd probably declare that eggshells are nutritious," said one ___.
57. They ___ that their product is similar to cucumbers.
58. ___ product is similar to cucumbers that have a wax coating.
61. ___ advocates say the USDA has totally lost touch with ___s.
62. USDA defends its decision, saying that potatoes ___ are vegetables.
64. Their product ___ similar to cucumbers that have a wax coating.
66. French fries are now ___d as "fresh vegetables."
67. ___ French fries--sliced, fried in oil, and then packaged--are now....
68. Can you consider a product that's deep-fried in oil to be a ___ vegetable?
69. Although French fries are fried in ___, they are still potatoes.
70. ___ if I steamed broccoli, I could no longer call it fresh broccoli.
71. A USDA spokesman said the fries "will rot" ___ other fresh vegetables.
72. They argue that they use 100-___ vegetable oil.

Down:

1. My ___man would help me.
2. The fries "will rot" ___ like all other fresh vegetables.
3. They ___ that they use vegetable oil.
4. If you let them sit on your countertop for weeks, the fries "will ___."
5. They'd ___ that eggshells are nutritious if a lobbyist asked them to.
6. "You must be joking," said ___, 50.
8. If I ___ed broccoli, I could no longer call it fresh broccoli.
11. Un___ly, I'm only a tax-paying citizen.
12. The federal government has ___ed to the French fry industry.
14. Although French fries are fried in oil, they are ___ potatoes.
16. The USDA ___s its decision.
23. USDA has totally lost ___ with consumers.
25. I could no longer call ___ fresh broccoli--___'s cooked!
26. The ___ government has yielded to the French fry industry.
27. They use vegetable oil, ___ is much healthier for consumers.
31. Vegetable oil is much healthier for consumers than ___ wax.
32. Frozen French fries are now approved by the U.S. ___ of Agriculture.
33. I ___ no longer call it fresh broccoli--it's cooked!
34. The federal ___ has yielded to the French fry industry.
36. I ___ I were a lobbyist.
45. The industry has been petitioning the USDA for years to get this ___.
47. Frozen French fries--sliced, fried in oil, and ___d--are now approved.
49. They say that their product is similar to ___s that have a wax coating.
50. They'd probably declare ___ eggshells are nutritious.
51. Most consumers, of ___, beg to differ.
52. The French fry ___ has been petitioning the USDA to get this approval.
56. ___s are nutritious.
59. Let them sit on your countertop for a ___ of weeks.
60. Consumers beg to ___.
63. The root or base form of "undeniably" is ___ (___ not used in story or title).
65. I could no longer call it fresh broccoli--it's ___ed!