Puzzle 1

Columbus' patron

Metal fixings that join elements of jewelry

Italian liqueur tasting of almonds

To make smaller through firings

Men playing women's roles in Japanese kabuki plays

Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The Grand __ Hotel, from Stefan Zweig's writings

This particle can't help but be negative

__ Thomas, disciple who wasn't totally convinced

Mayan ruins

Projectile fragment that wounds

Sea of the Mediterranean, to the north of Corsica

It will lift you up and let you down

Pushchair

Legal term for the murder of a monarch

Black carbon stick used for drawing