Puzzle 17

Developing a new skill or getting an asset.

Briefly cooking vegetables in boiling water.

Darren, Black Swan director born 1969.

German printer who made movable type popular.

Kant wrote some of Practical Reason and Judgment.

French leather bag brand popular with tourists.

Michigan place, Glenn Miller had a girl there.

The icy body thought to orbit our solar system.

Hardwood tree with leaves with pale undersides.

Legendary Manchester United manager, retired 1969.

Ruling dynasty of Jordan.

Fortune-telling by studying someone's hand.