MEDIEVAL FASHION
A cappa clausa was a closed cape with a slit through which a praying person stuck these
his hands
Usually served in thin slices, this Italian ham cured by drying has a name from Latin meaning "suck out"
prosciutto
You can "think outside of" it, or a group of opera patrons can be held in it
the box
These semi-aquatic rodents plaster their lodges with mud
beavers
Golda Meir began serving as this country's prime minister at age 70
Israel
Roskyn was the fur from this animal -- Rocky, hide!
squirrel
This is a layered Italian cake flavored with espresso & dusted with cocoa
tiramisu
In the 1970s, this character's normal rate for psychiatric help was 5 cents
Lucy (van Pelt)
The army species of this insect has no permanent home; workers link legs to protect their queen
ants
Once featured on a U.S. coin, she was past 80 when she founded the International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Susan B. Anthony
Almoners & gipsers were these money holders
purses
This grated cheese made from skim milk is named for a city about 70 miles southeast of Milan
Parmesan
These are the deformed offspring that elves & fairies substitute for human infants
changelings
The swiftlets of Asia are in trouble because these structures are snatched to make soup
nests
This English physicist was working as Master of the Mint at his death at age 84 in 1727
Isaac Newton
Of a belt, a hat or a codpiece, it's what a baldric was
belt
Puttanesca sauce is commonly made with olives, capers & these small salty fish
anchovies
One of this university's graduate centers is the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
my million dollar baby
This "solitary" crustacean sometimes defends its shell home via sea anemones that hitch a ride
a hermit crab
When his son Robert E. Lee was born, this Revolutionary War hero was more than 50 years old
Henry Lee
In the 15th century it was a small coat worn under a larger one; later it referred to a woman's underskirt
petticoat
t's the 2-word name for this flavorful Italian dish made from veal shanks
osso buco
According to the song in a 1941 Ronald Reagan film, it's what was found "in a five and ten cent store"
my million dollar baby
Insert a hyphen in this 4-letter poultry dwelling & you get a human dwelling
a coop (or co-op)
This Italian composer wrote his opera "Falstaff" when he was 79 years old
Verdi