Puzzle 1

Shape of a red "Stop" road sign

Getting wet for an apple

Noise some people make when sleeping

Learned from books

House of the ladies of the night

Almost hopeless

To talk nonsense like a face cloth

Ready and willing to listen

Dam-making river creatures

__ Australia Fair, the Aussie national anthem

Shoe production technique developed by Matzeliger

Character who "loved not too wisely but too well"

Absence of rain for a prolonged period of time

Ethereal, like a ghoul

__ Rebellion, revolt by Samurai against reforms

Pekoe means white down in __

In the pipeline

Cuddling or embracing