Puzzle 1

"Class is __"; to be let go.

Advancing in a video game means going to the __.

An elevator's steppy cousin.

An uprising.

Circular sequence of living things like plants.

Genus of wasps and species of mongooses.

Geographic part of Florida, Idaho, and Oklahoma.

Gina, star of Jane the Virgin.

Having a damaged liver.

Indirect references to something.

Inventor of the first successful piloted copter.

Large metal canister for a dairy liquid.

Long bracelets worn between the head and chest.

Morgan Spurlock's 2004 fast food exposé, __ Me.

Removed from work, pending an investigation.

The loudest part of an increasingly loud sound.

Unable to concentrate the attention.

__ parsley, type of herb often used as a garnish.