Puzzle 1

Malevolent water horse in Scottish mythology.

Only US state without any straight borders.

Italian fried rice balls stuffed with mozzarella.

Nelson Mandela's job before entering politics.

Elementary particles that combine to make hadrons.

Early Egyptian funerary text about the underworld.

Pamper, spoil.

Invented languages lncluding Quenya and Sindarin.

German playwright who wrote The Threepenny Opera.

Small fox species, native to the Sahara desert.

Palette with early hieroglyphic engravings.

The medical term for a fertilized ovum.

1990s US tennis legend Andre.