1: Make an incision or separation.

3: To be escorted.

7: Paste tense of 'figure.'

8: Get to know or become aware of; 'I just ______ that she has two cats.'

10: Antonym of 'cheap.'

11: A mixture of gases required for breathing.

12: The area in which something exists or lives,

14: Being the agent or cause.

16: Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time.

17: Unless you are careful, ______ can be common in the kitchen.

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

21: Opposite of the floor.

23: Jackie Gleason's first TV series, with 'The'

24: To take in food; you do this if you are hungry.

1: Synonym of 'restaurant'

2: Go back to base

3: Spelling, who produced the five series in this puzzle

4: Heel

5: This breed is a small breed of dog with white fur that does not shed. The breed has a reputation for having a good-natured temperament but is also fearless and may be intolerant of children and other pets.

6: Refuse to acknowledge.

9: Plural form of 'daughter.'

10: There are many different ______ that one can do to get in shape.

11: Public hangings?

13: Reflexive form of 'her.'

14: To have run.

15: Antonym of 'bigger,'

18: Without missing a day; 'He stops by ______.'

19: Sound that is disagreeable.

21: __-de-sac

22: Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.