1: 'Just look at all of the bright young ______ we've got in the room today.'

4: Antonym of ugly.

7: Small cabbage-like heads or buds growing along a stalk.

9: Terminate; do away with.

10: Come-__ (lures)

12: 'Is it ever hot out here! It must be at least forty ______ Celsius!'

14: Most murky

15: Punishment intended as a warning to others; 'They decided to make an ______ of him.'

18: Small, round, bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

22: ___ and caboodle

23: The result of learning.

24: SLUG

28: A person with advanced knowledge of one of more sciences.

29: Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; it's not nice to call people ______.

2: To bring about or compel by authority or force; 'The moderator invoked a rule causing the debate to be ended.'

3: Start of a cheer

4: OPEC measure

5: Roof goo

6: An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

7: Extort money from

8: Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.

10: A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves.

11: Female pronoun; a female, or something regarded as female, e.g. a ship.

13: Converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance.

16: Opposite of answer

17: Hit lightly.

19: The room where you sleep.

20: The color of grass.

21: The plural form of 'duck.'

25: A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.

26: MD's specialty

27: Gymnast's perfect score