Companies in this Midwest city include Gateway Metals, Gateway Title, & Gateway Chili & Beans (okay we made that last part up)
St. Louis
The OED dates the first recorded use of this letter to mean kiss back to a 1763 British letter
X
High-arcing tennis shot
Lob
Evian or Dasani for one's female child
Daughter Water
The title of this Taylor Swift hit is the age of many high school freshmen
Fifteen
North of Pacifica & San Bruno & just south of this city, Daly City Calif. is the Gateway to the Peninsula
San Francisco
Take it slow! This rain forest tree-dwelling mammal can take weeks to digest a meal & can hold its breath longer than a dolphin
Sloth
Write it down
Jot
Regular java flavored with the candy that's in a Heath bar
Coffee Toffee
In 1963 this band sang Be True To Your School but usually sounded like they'd rather be surfing
The Beach Boys
There are no roads or trails in the Alaska's Gates of this region's National Park
Arctic
1980s Russia traded subs & other ships for this red white & blue soda brand said to briefly make it 1 of the world's largest navies
Pepsi
Emeril Lagasse's signature exclamation!
Bam
A salt-rimmed cocktail for a Spanish miss
Margarita Seńorita
Sam Cooke hoped to be an A student but admitted Don't know much about this life science
Biology
This Manitoba capital is Canada's Gateway to the West
Winnipeg
The generic name for this cloth bag comes from the same-named Belgian town where it was first made, though the E & L can get reversed
Duffel
Last letter to a Brit
Zed
Perhaps there's a health benefit to adding the seeds seen here to the fruity wine also seen here to make this rhyming drink
Chia Sangria
Hey teachers We don't need no education we don't need no thought control in a song by this band
Pink Floyd
Rostov-on-Don Russia is the Gateway to this mountainous region between the Black & Caspian seas
Caucasus
Snoop Dogg tried to rent this entire Eur. nation, Vaduz & all for a video shoot; doable? Yes but Snoop didn't give enough notice
Liechtenstein
Apple seed or domino dot
Pip
Rather than espresso a South American beverage made with leaves is frothed with milk
Maté Latte
She faced many hurdles at her Missouri high school before hitting it big with songs like "If It Makes You Happy"
Sheryl Crow