Puzzle 1

To suddenly come into sight

Purply, darkish red

Long curved blade on a handle carried by Death

Head bones, craniums

Blythe __, actress, mother of Gwyneth Paltrow

Dome-shaped houses built out of layers of snow

Well done if you hoisted with your own __

King __ II, lived in idyllic Neuschwanstein Castle

Painting on moist plaster surface

Animal that builds dams, has long front teeth

Fabric like velvet but stretchy

Mortar and __, stone device to make paste or powder