Puzzle 1

In tennis, not hit with racket facing backwards

Removal by cutting; extraction

Out __ hypothesis, or the Eve hypothesis

Whole, finished

Dragging a net through water

George Eliot's first novel about a carpenter

Californian uni founded by a railway magnate

Plantagenet king, ruled from 1216-72

Safety canisters for putting out fires

The Graduate actress Anne __

Green legume aka butter bean

"That's the way the cookie __"

Raffles for prizes

__ of the North, William I subjugating N England

German uni aka Eberhard Karls Universität

Leeds __ Airport, or LBA

He believed in Father Christmas in the 70s

Bluish highly scented plant used in pomanders