Puzzle 1

Before things are easy they are like this

Two types of cars: manual and __

Queen of the Nile

Human-powered tool with a bit

A revolving food tray

Describes a soft, elastic, malleable substance

Sweet treat used as American cookie chips

Poet who wrote "Kubla Khan": Samuel __

Person perceived to be uncivilized or primitive

Phrase to address a monarch

Persisting, nagging