Puzzle 3

__ Empire, dynasty centered on modern-day Germany

Metal finders of hidden treasures

Rising prices

Speaking alone, as in a speech in a play

Eastern Roman emperor formed a Roman legal code

Prepared in advance or precooked, e.g. potatoes

Type of car-racing that lasts many hours or days

Last name by birth of Pope Benedict XVI

Green-and-red gem is named after this tsarevitch

Every __ Take; 1983 hit for The Police

__ Meyer, Twilight author's first name

How fast your ticker is beating

Microsoft operating system that preceded Vista

Fleas, lice and tapeworms are all __

Physicist, proponent of the steady state theory