Puzzle 5

Make a situation more serious.

Safety restraint worn across the body in a vehicle.

Toxic, damaging precipitation.

Most recently picked or prepared.

Carrier pigeons carry them on their legs.

Hesitating; cutting out of a vehicle engine.

Value of one currency vs. another: __ rate.

Asked for someone's hand in marriage.

Safe __; not in danger, out of harm's way.

__ aid, monies set aside for poorer nations.