Puzzle 1

2. A paving stone; a flagstone.
4. Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
8. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
9. To consider a subject.
10. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
12. In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
13. A solution to a problem.
14. A park where live animals are exhibited.

1. To cease remembering.
2. To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it.
3. To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
4. Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
5. But, except.
6. Without doubt, surely.
7. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
11. A short news story or report.