Puzzle 2

Up to this moment in time.

Mountain range between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Man Parrish's influential hit, Hip Hop, Be Bop __.

Moist concoction put on a wound to help heal.

British-Dutch company making toiletries and foods.

Field sport played with a unique netted stick.

Akira, director of Seven Samurai and Rashomon.

New York hip-hop act of rappers Havoc and Prodigy.

Russian government policy of openness.

To renounce a throne, as Edward VIII did in 1936.