Puzzle 1

Pins on the bottom of track runners' shoes

2000 US presidential candidate and eco warrior

By no means unknown

"Mighty oaks from little __ grow"

Wrote Hound Dog with partner Stoller

The Coathanger's and Opera House's home city

Street with restricted direction

Branching tube sponges are usually a __ color

African lake also called Lake Nyasa

2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mascot

SI derived unit of pressure named after physicist

Religious woman who heads a convent

La Isla __, Spanish-style Madonna single

Empty promises, such as would fill flying balloons

Time to get the __ jumpers and scarves out

Unrealistically high price for certain assets

__ Board, large paper used for science projects