Puzzle 12

Thomas Hardy novel: "Far From the __ Crowd"

John __; US tennis star, with SuperBrat nickname

Lucy and Linus' surname in Peanuts

Language of Indian subcontinent, aka Bangla

The bubbling of water __ in a pan

Grab the audience's attention from someone else

__ Jeff; comic strip first published in 1907

Opera by Bizet: The Pearl __

As thick as __, having a close relationship

Medical term for ear wax

Jocelyn Bell __, discoverer of pulsars in 1967

Obviously, with no frills

Alec __; lab scientist linked to Swamp Thing

Moved with high steps like a horse

E.g. tulips, daffodils, grown for sale