Puzzle 16

Fleshy red outgrowth on the head of a cockerel

Covered in white icing, it is eaten at Christmas

The opening or beginning of a book

Minutes 1 to 45 of a soccer match

Punctuation made up of a point and a comma

ET used a Speak and Spell to try to do this

Silver/gray metal used in batteries, symbol Mn

Carrot-eating menace, What's Up Doc?

Stream or smaller river which joins a larger one

Occurring at odd intervals

The hard shell that protects a butterfly pupa