Crossword Clues "P"
peach
A military ranks & a corn seed
colonel & kernel
Florida's Streamline Hotel is the birthplace of this auto racing organization
NASCAR
N.C. State created a program to compost these food boxes, which usually aren't recyclable, especially if they contain crusts
pizza boxes
A neutron has approximately the same mass as this other type of subatomic particle
proton
poncho
Time of dawn & time of sorrow
morning & mourning
On April 22, 1954 the NBA changed forever with the adoption of a shot clock with a time limit of this many seconds
24
In 2019 this Cardinal school won the Pac-12 division of the EPA's University Challenge with 160 million kWh of green power
Stanford
Of the 3 basic states of matter, this one has particles with the least kinetic energy
Square, rectangle, or rhombus (13)
A way of behaving & a lord's estate
manner & manor
This tournament was first contested in 1930 & won by host nation Uruguay, 4-2 over Argentina
The World Cup
UC Davis converts 50 tons of organic waste into energy daily with a system called an A.D., this non-oxygen type of "digester"
Anaerobic Digester
The main products of the alcoholic fermentation of sugar are ethanol & this gas
carbon dioxide
Stolen, like the "Letter" in an Edgar Allan Poe story (9)
purloined
To lift up & to tear down
raise & raze
It took 11 hours & 5 minutes over 3 days at this grand slam tennis venue in 2010 for John Isner to defeat Nicolas Mahut
Wimbledon
This college in Waterville, Maine has used 100% renewable electricity sources since way back in 2003
Colby College
In a flame test, this element--atomic number 11--burns yellow; it's also often the basis of the yellow color in fireworks
sodium
Social outcast (6)
pariah
Gets ahead by the whole length of a track, or a slip-up in judgement
laps & lapse
Leading his team to a come-from-behind victory, this 24-year-old Kansas City QB became the youngest Super Bowl MVP winner in 2020
Patrick Mahomes
The foundation named for this holiday runs the Tree Campus USA program to recognize forest-friendly schools, like Bryn Mawr
Arbor Day
Known to early chemists as "oil of vitriol", this corrosive, colorless acid is found in car batteries
sulfuric acid