Puzzle 1

Eric Arthur Blair's pen name: George __

Indigenous people of Russia's Sakha Republic

Latin word L in "Lsd", formerly monetary pounds

Currency of Tajikistan

Clear, transparent liquid

The __ Trap stars Hayley Mills in 1961

Paper-thin bread from the Middle East

Australian currency before dollars

Birthplace of Jesus

Ancient Greek pencil for cutting through wax

A metaphor, for example, or __ of speech

Trinidadian dances under a horizontal bar