Puzzle 1

American Revolution-era British prime minister.

Don't throw the baby out with it!.

Rainbow hard sugar strands for cakes.

Make holes for tearing, like on postage stamps.

Removal of trees from a tract of land.

Short-term stock speculator.

Tiny tree pieces used as a mulch around plants.

Singer of album Freak of Nature.

Thomas __, teacher in Dickens' Hard Times.

Ancient plant associated with Siddhartha Gautama.