Puzzle 1

Amount held in a piece of soup cutlery

Beaten; conquered

Cutting out, stop running, e.g. a car engine

Insect that bites and can give you malaria

Hurting, injuring

Preferential hiring of relatives, qualified or not

All the letters arranged in order

Movie aficionado

Pest, annoyance, irritating thing or person

Feeling of enjoyment

Describes tennis players not in the top 32