Puzzle 1

Arrival, of Christmas especially

Largest city in Southern Italy

Human organ that destroys old red blood cells

Image and video-hosting website

Racehorse with a good chance of winning

Cornstarch and cold water sauce thickener

Eeyore is often associated with this mood

Items, whatchamacallits, gadgets, stuff

Throwing game of small hoops over posts

Unqualified practising doctors, charlatans, frauds

Blue and purple painful mark on the skin

President __ Obama

Tall formal headgear for a gentleman

Not tied or fastened, e.g. shoelaces

"Say hello to my little __" - Scarface

Brutus stabbed Caesar with this

Long, sharp hunting sticks