Puzzle 1

Great __, split in the Catholic Church

The Nutcracker, Swan Lake

A scribe, such as an author or journalist

"Bet your bottom __", a US currency metaphor

"A __ on both your houses", from Romeo and Juliet

In between front and rear, equal distance

Single flight leg with no return ticket

Crockery for breakfast food from hens

Poet of Ancient Rome

__ series, research into hydrogen atoms

Siberian river that drains Lake Baikal

Climb this to go higher

Purchase of controlling interests in a company

Sport in which Ilie Nastase gained fame

Beaded counting device invented in Ancient Sumeria

__ rays, high energy radiation from space

Title character of Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece

Gland that slowly shrinks after puberty