Puzzle 7

Primary city for the 2008 Summer Olympics

Louisiana hot sauce popular worldwide

Organization, business

Japanese "empty orchestra" singing contest

Weekly __, organizer for the week ahead

Shorter work of fiction, but longer than an essay

Went red with embarrassment

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

For washing your tresses

First name of Dr House, of the eponymous show

__ quo, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours