Puzzle 1

Rare, unusual

Lifts up

Conscientious __, one who refused to fight in WWI

__ one's hand; to be mistakenly optimistic

Croatian cascading lakes set on karst landscape

Catholic masses praying for souls of the departed

Seven plus eight minus two

Did not consume enough food

Captive person

Perfect, with no blemishes

Country sits between Guyana and French Guiana

Knock-down with machine of the same name

Gentle egg-cooking method below the boiling point

Robert __, Cubist painter of the Eiffel Tower

Lin-Manuel Miranda's historical musical

Chuckles unkindly

Crowing bird logo adopted by Pathe News

Upper jawbones

"I've got a lovely bunch of __", music hall tune

Surrenders or yields

Metal tongues in bells that strike the sides

NBA player nicknamed "The Electrician": Klay __