Puzzle 17

Taking in an animal that needs a home

Fines or penalties for breaking rules in a game

Creating wool garments with needles

Small, tinned fish

Hindering growth

Different accounts of an act, especially in court

Quicker than one's usual route

Smallest country in Central America: El __

Interfering in someone else's business

Calms someone down from rage

Lofty lie, untruthful story

Tossing a ball

Birthstone for February

Parent company of Google

Loyalty

Short, stiff hairs on a brush