Puzzle 18

System of communication using flags.

Hand-held cutting shears used in pruning.

The red, white and blue of the French flag.

The Crowning Glory of __ Ponder by Rebecca Wells.

Odorous nickname for the Hoatzin.

Royal water, acids used to dissolve king's metals.

Red-wine grape popular in California.

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson aka Marquise de __.

Queen of Denmark since 1972.

Quick-moving African safari minibeast.