Puzzle 3

Author of The Joy Luck Club.

British crime drama starring Idris Elba.

Drilling holes sounds tedious.

Fairies in Manx folklore; originally fallen angels.

First name of Alien director Scott.

Kim, singer of No. 1 hit Bette Davis Eyes.

Kitchen tool for creating shavings of cheese.

Major European river that flows into the Black Sea.

Method of making patterns on clothes using string.

Not bright or elaborate; dull.

Pastry cookie filled with fig paste.

Peacock feathers.

Republic that was once the Ottoman Empire.

Soviet Union space station, launched in 1971.

Trumpet relative that is more compact in shape.

Warm brew that's the British balm for everything.