3 LETTERS, STARTS WITH "A"
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Juice Bar
Bring Me a Souvenir
100

Brew made with a top-fermenting yeast

Ale

100

At 6,800 feet, it's the state with the highest average altitude

Colorado

100

Someone knows a lot about reds & whites, judging from this well-stocked room of the house

Wine Cellar


100

Snapple says strawberry & this, "the fruit, not the bird!", make a "just-right juice that goes together"

Kiwi
100

From Japan, a maneki-neko good luck figurine depicting one of these with upraised paw

a Cat


200

Yellowfin in Hawaii

Ahi


200

Meaning "city", it comes before Juárez in the name of a lofty city in Mexico

Ciudad


200

From the Latin word for "bread" comes this area near a kitchen for storing all kinds of things, like canned goods & condiments

Pantry


200

In 1869 a dentist with this last name began selling "unfermented wine", better known as grape juice

Welch

200

From Ecuador, one of these straw hats that somehow is named for a country to the north

a Panama


400

Toward the stern

Aft


400

Seen here are some high-flying gargoyles on this Manhattan building

 The Chrysler Building

400

Found in the title of an 1870s novel, it's the old-fashioned name for the mirror seen here

a Looking Glass


400

Head to New England for this classic 2-ingredient cocktail made with vodka & cranberry juice

a Cape Codder


400

From Kyrgyzstan, a miniature wood-carved one of these nomadic dwellings, "ger" in Mongol

a Yurt

800

Khan you tell me it was a military commander in Ottoman times

Aga


800

Funded by DARPA & the CIA, some of the earliest spy satellites were part of this program sharing a name with a part of the Sun

Corona

800

Instead of hardwood floors, many go for this cheaper 8-letter option of layered fiberboard that can mimic marble as well

Laminate


800

The berries & juice of this Central & South American palm are touted as a superfood

acai

800

From Ireland, one of these rings; the crown symbolized loyalty, the heart-love, & the hands--friendship

a Claddagh Ring

1000

"No Exit" has but one

Act


1000

The Andean type of this bird raises its young on ledges or in caves, sometimes at over 10,000 feet 

Condor

1000

Instead of a fancy fixture, kitchens commonly have this type of lighting named for the way it fits into the ceiling

Recessed

1000

You say tomato, I say this juice brand with a touch of seafood broth that's been around since the '60s

Clamato

1000

From Greece, a string of komboloi, or these, used not for religious reasons but to relax & counteract stress

Worry Beads