Puzzle 1

Making a difference to someone

Michael Meyer's killing spree film

Committee of minds reporting to a government

Boisterous fun and games or naughtiness; pranks

Thin slice of meat, breaded and fried

Huge, flightless birds with large eggs, big eyes

A large number

Becoming thinner or less wide

Dance of the __ Fairy; in The Nutcracker ballet

Shelf for flavourings such as cinnamon

Rectangular panel behind basketball hoop

Ball-shaped

Stenographer, assistant