Puzzle 2

Catholic mass books.

Colbert, host of The Late Show on CBS.

Microsoft software framework launched in 1996.

Middle of a list of sorted numbers, plural.

Movie treat string people hang for Christmas.

Part of the hearing organ where piercings are hung.

Peanuts, chickpeas, and soybeans, for example.

Sculptures that weep tears of blood or milk.

Shakespeare's play about the Moor of Venice.

Stone that's made under pressure.

Title of Russian empresses.

Toxin that causes botulism.

Washington D.C. area known for lobbyists.