Cinco De Mayo

1. anything serving for consumption
5. a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war
6. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others
7. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others
9. a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
11. a state in S central Mexico
12. The number after four
15. a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used especially in Mexican cooking
16. sauc made from tomatoes and other veggies
17. the music played by such a band.
18. a republic in S North America
19. Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
20. a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
22. a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
23. a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization

1. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not
2. an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color
3. fashion of dress appropriate to a particular occasion
4. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces
8. the festivities engaged in to celebrate something
9. The fifth month of the year
10. any merrymaking, revelry, or festival, as a program of sports or entertainment
13. any day of exemption from work
14. spikey plants
21. a friend