Puzzle 1

Covered in dots or freckles

Grappler

Eddie __ starred in My Week with Marilyn

Fleeing, running away

Poking at someone and making them laugh

Asking someone sincerely to do something

Specific to a particular location or area

A type of light, not ultraviolet, near crimson

Second largest ocean in the world

Country representative

Next to a body of water

Hebrew greeting and writer's pen name: Sholem __

Male equines who have been sterilized

Beating something, e.g. cream, until it stiffens

Mafia gangsters

Describes enlarged leg veins

Driver of a horse-drawn carriage

Elton John's self-given middle name

Person who jumps off airplanes for sport