Puzzle 8

__ Puck, US chef of restaurants Spago and Postrio

__ sponge, layered cake with cream, strawberries

Legendary blind Irish druid of Valentia Island

Spinoff from The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Feast of St. Lucy month

Portable lamps

...Baby One __; Britney Spears' debut single

Arrogant conceited person, a strutting parrot

Item worn when doing lengths of a pool

Topped up

Medieval rank between gentleman and yeoman

Eddie __, played Stephen Hawking in 2014

Hotel rooms sometimes have this for guests to wear

Body of water east of Queensland

Sweet almond paste

__ span, neat and tidy

US abolitionist, Lincoln's adviser, Frederick __