Answers to Out of the Box 58: Executive Matters

Answers to Out of the Box 58:  Executive Matters

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Here are the departments within the Executive Branch of the United States government.

Declare with authority:  State

Universal partner of mass:  Energy

Conveying business:  Transportation

Dwelling with city progress:  Housing and Urban Development

Titanic sinker with understatement:  Justice

Large scale interchange:  Commerce

Ailment free with prosperity:  Health and Welfare

Angle formed between parallel lines by an intersecting one:  Interior

Pains before birth:  Labor

Apologist’s craft:  Defense

Cultivating study:  Agriculture

Collection of prized works:  Treasury

Knowledge and reason product:  Education

Warrior’s matters:  Veteran’s Affairs

SETH J. CHILDATE V. is an acronym used to remember the 14 executive departments that we have known for so long.  Each letter represents one department and in this exercise, all clues were given in the order of the acronym.  Today, we must also remember the Department of Homeland Security.