Puzzle 1

A difficult task is an __ battle.

A small cafe or restaurant.

Cane material used in furniture.

Clichés are this type of lazy storytelling device.

First name of the cricket in Pinocchio.

Herb that acts as a narcotic for felines.

Hershey's __, domed chocolates in colored foil.

Hunt down, follow.

This theory could be the Theory of Everything.

Three-line Japanese poems.

To be worn away by the elements over time.