Puzzle 1

Famous person.

Desolation, vacuum.

Renounced, abstained.

German city, world famous for its book fair.

Pork meat pie eaten by Canadians at Christmas.

Way of living.

__ Rita, film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters.

Treat cotton thread with alkali to strengthen it.

Three-sided shapes used as templates in quilting.

See you again in a little while.