Three letter crossword clues
Preserving Food
Colleges and Universities
Power Couples
Potpourri
Know your Ps and Qs
100

T - shortened form for the name of men's formalwear

What is TUX?

100

This process of preserving or extending the shelf life of food  works by creating an anaerobic environment, typically through immersion in an acidic solution (like vinegar) or by lactic acid fermentation in brine.

What is Pickling?

100

Cornell, Dartmouth, UPENN And Columbia are all included on this exclusive list of universities. 

What is the Ivy League?

100

This power couple had a 1965 hit with I Got You Babe.

Who are Sonny and Cher?

Reminder to attend "All About Cher" on Saturday.

100

This flightless African bird species is the largest on earth. 

What is the Ostrich?

100

This is the name of the Hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

What is Quasimodo?

200

F - you may be called crazy or sly this this mammal.

What is a FOX?

200

This wax is a traditional food-grade sealer used for high-acid jams and jellies, though it is now considered outdated by modern safety standards. 

What is paraffin?

200

Harvard officially merged with the college in 1999. Before then, it was considered a women's school taught by Harvard faculty.

What is Radcliffe?

200

Jacqueline Kennedy married this shipping tycoon in 1968.

Who is Aristotle Onassis?

200

Patrick Henry, founding father from this state, was known for saying "Give me liberty or give me death."

What is Virginia?

200

This is a line of people. It comes from both the Latin and Old French words for a tail 

What is QUEUE?

300

A - when combined with Maria, it is Latin for Hail Mary. 

What is AVE?

300

This L-word was often built on the north side of the house next to the kitchen. In this unheated room, foods were kept cool on stone shelves. In particular, this was the place to store butter, cheese, and meat.

What is the Larder?

300

At the University of Alabama, you will often hear students shout this battlecry at football games.

What is Roll Tide?

300

When JoAnne Woodward met this actor, her future husband, she said he looked like an ad for an ice cream soda.

Who is Paul Newman?

300

Though often mistaken for a patriotic anthem to break out at summer BBQs, this rocker's Born in the USA is actually about veterans being mistreated when they returned from Vietnam?

Who is Bruce Springsteen?

300

An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions. You'll often see them in Sunday morning news shows. 

What is a PUNDIT?

400

J - the opposite of sorrow

What is JOY?

400

While "Mason" is a generic term for any jar with a threaded lid used for canning, the five brothers in this family founded a home canning jar company in 1884.

What is Ball?

400

Founded as a women's college in 1926 and named for a woman who appreciated the necessity of higher education without pursuing it herself, this college located in Yonkers, NY has been co-ed since 1968.

What is Sarah Lawrence?
400

This scientific power couple made groundbreaking contributions to the study of radioactivity. Their collaborative efforts led to the discovery of two new elements: polonium and radium.

Who are Marie and Pierre Curie?

400

Toni Stone was the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues, breaking the gender barrier in 1953, playing second base for the Clowns (from this midwest city)

What is Indianapolis?

400

From 1976-1983, Jack Klugman played this medical examiner who solved crimes in Los Angeles

Who is Quincy?

500

E - a word coined by Sigmund Freud pertaining to one's conscious mind, that mediates between primal desires, moral constraint, and observed reality. 

What is EGO?

500

The first canned ham was sold by this Minnesota company in 1926.

What is Hormel?

500

This private Jesuit university in Washington DC has an undergraduate college, a law school, a medical and nursing school, as well as a school for Foreign service and Public Policy.

What is Georgetown?

500

This couple wrote over 1,100 letters to each other, offering historians insights into their personal lives and the political landscape of Revolutionary New England. Notably, in a 1776 letter, he was reminded to "remember the ladies" while in discussions of new laws for their new nation. 

Who are John and Abbigail Adams?

500

This is a traditional Louisiana sandwich served on crispy, airy New Orleans French bread, typically filled with fried seafood, 

What is a po' boy?

500

Literally from the Greek root for "sand loving" this is  a plant, animal or micro-organism that thrives in sandy soils

What is PSAMMOPHILE?