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 Richard Silvestri
 
        NY Times, Sun, Jul 03, 2016 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
        2-Down : Finds the French eating Mexican food from the South (7)
        
            Author:
Richard Silvestri
            Editor:
Will Shortz
         
        Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 63
     
    
	
        
            
	
            
            
		
			1 H  | E  | 2 L  | L  | 3 O  |  | 4 A  | P  | 5 P  | R  | 6 A  | I  | 7 S  | E  | 8 S  | 
		
			O  |  | O  |  | V  |  | R  |  | L  |  | C  |  | T  |  | T  | 
		
			9 O  | R  | C  | H  | E  | S  | T  | R  | A  |  | 10 C  | H  | O  | I  | R  | 
		
			S  |  | A  |  | R  |  | I  |  | N  |  | R  |  | L  |  | A  | 
		
			11 I  | O  | T  | A  | S  |  | 12 F  | R  | E  | D  | A  | L  | L  | E  | N  | 
		
			E  |  | E  |  | T  |  | A  |  | T  |  |  |  | E  |  | G  | 
		
			13 R  | E  | S  | E  | A  | R  | C  | H  |  | 14 O  | 15 R  | A  | N  | G  | E  | 
		
			 |  |  |  | T  |  | T  |  | 16 N  |  | O  |  |  |  |  | 
		
			17 S  | E  | 18 T  | T  | E  | R  |  | 19 S  | E  | N  | T  | I  | 20 E  | N  | 21 T  | 
		
			P  |  | I  |  |  |  | 22 G  |  | E  |  | T  |  | M  |  | R  | 
		
			23 U  | N  | T  | U  | 24 T  | O  | R  | E  | D  |  | 25 E  | V  | O  | K  | E  | 
		
			M  |  | A  |  | H  |  | A  |  | L  |  | R  |  | T  |  | L  | 
		
			26 O  | U  | N  | C  | E  |  | 27 T  | R  | E  | A  | D  | M  | I  | L  | L  | 
		
			N  |  | I  |  | M  |  | I  |  | S  |  | A  |  | O  |  | I  | 
		
			28 I  | N  | C  | R  | E  | A  | S  | E  | S  |  | 29 M  | I  | N  | U  | S  | 
		
	
 
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            Across
            1
A greeting the man will love (5) : 
HELLO4
Values a news service expresses approval of (9) : 
APPRAISES9
People who play discordant Hart score (9) : 
ORCHESTRA10
Singing group's papers getting audited (5) : 
CHOIR11
"Ten" originally transcribed as II (5) : 
IOTAS12
Comedian Skelton interrupts, having taken a trip? (4,5) : 
FREDALLEN13
Investigation concerning Byzantine arches (8) : 
RESEARCH14
Simian with last of the fruit (6) : 
ORANGE17
Cassette recording includes "Bird Dog" (6) : 
SETTER19
Aware group has name that is not contracted (8) : 
SENTIENT23
25
Call up first lady about approval (5) : 
EVOKE26
First off, dribble a little bit (5) : 
OUNCE27
Time to study English philosopher - a wearisome routine (9) : 
TREADMILL28
Picks up fashionable lines of clothing? (9) : 
INCREASES29
Take away one number in reverse addition problem (5) : 
MINUS 
        
	 
        
		
            Down
            1
Stocking seller has nothing for a resident of South Bend (7) : 
HOOSIER2
Finds the French eating Mexican food from the South (7) : 
LOCATES3
Exaggerate the position of governor? (9) : 
OVERSTATE4
Relic from Middle Earth: one true thing (8) : 
ARTIFACT5
Map out alien part of the solar system (6) : 
PLANET6
A fair rainbow over African capital (5) : 
ACCRA7
Speak of hot German bread (7) : 
STOLLEN8
Weird holy man managed a big appliance company (7) : 
STRANGE15
No-good person crazy about a city in Europe (9) : 
ROTTERDAM16
Items in a sewing kit beginning to seem unnecessary (8) : 
NEEDLESS17
Small, tailless cat atop the first ristorante serving (7) : 
SPUMONI18
Really big bird I can cut up (7) : 
TITANIC20
Love or hate an online gesture? (7) : 
EMOTION21
Turned up sick inside very Gallic garden structure (7) : 
TRELLIS22
Good musical instrument returned at no cost (6) : 
GRATIS24
Essay: "The Maine" (5) : 
THEME 
        
	 
    
 
    
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