Puzzle 18

Long green salad vegetable; cool as a __.

Largest land animal on earth.

Tile game for word lovers.

Polite thing to say when receiving a gift.

Surgery to tighten the visage.

Metal __, device on a treasure-hunter's wishlist.

Handle __, label on a parcel with fragile contents.

Period between two parts of a sports match.

Special and valued, like some stones.

Kitchen tools, e.g. spatulas or potato peelers.

Shaft of milky light from the lunar body.