Puzzle 12

Birds and dinosaurs evolved here

Name fit for a locked glass wine-cabinet

Water that is somewhat salty, but not the ocean

Clown alley, clown __ room and prop area

Flamboyant, exuberant, full of brightness

World's most famous painting, by da Vinci

Michelle __, Frankie and Johnny star

__ surgery, beautifying facial work

__ earth military policy destroys infrastructure

Long coat made from waterproof fabric

To prepare food so as to resist decomposition

The age of it is past

Scuba gear invented by Cousteau and Gagnan

A Lilin-demon in female form in folklore

J.D. __, reclusive American author