Puzzle 1

Polishing

Creature with lion's body and eagle's head & wings

Created by humans, not naturally occurring

Licking the envelope

__ strength, a material's maximum stretching force

Instructions for making certain dishes

Sharp bend in a road

Highly unpleasant, gruesome

Vending, trading with buyers

Connected to or related to the heart

Music performance by soloist or small group

"Today is a gift. That's why we call it the __"

Remote-__, trucks with wire transmitters

Mountain that Tibetans call Chomolungma

Holy spots to commemorate the deceased

French cosmetics house and perfumer of Tendre Nuit

Large, bristly pig; collective noun is a sounder