Puzzle 1

It stands for Q in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Went solid to liquid through heat

Author

Container for storing headgear

Liam __, played a cop in The Lego Movie

Largest lake in Finland: Lake __

Soup utensils

First modern European city with 1 million people

__ Meyer, fraud examiner, liespotter

Grins

Infertile soil in forests (also spelled with a Z)