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The Italian Deli

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A few of the words

HOAGIE
Philadelphia's name for the long Italian sub. Other cities say grinder, hero or submarine, and will argue about it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MORTADELLA
It comes from Bologna, and it's the original of what American lunch counters call baloney. The real thing is studded with pistachios and cubes of fat.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PROVOLONE
Those big pear-shaped cheeses hang from the ceiling in nets of rope, and they're a classic part of the old deli window.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CAPICOLA
Cured pork from the neck and shoulder, often rubbed with pepper or paprika. Many delis around New York and New Jersey call it 'gabagool'.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Italian deli word search, free and printable, set behind a long glass counter where the salamis hang and the slicer never really stops.

About The Italian Deli

Italian delis in Philadelphia, New York and Boston grew up around immigrant neighborhoods in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and a lot of them still smell the same when you open the door. Salamis hang from the ceiling on twine, provolone swings in its net, and the man behind the slicer asks how thin you want it before you've said a word. Everything gets weighed, then wrapped in white paper and handed over the glass like a small ceremony.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft color on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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