In mountaineering descending on fixed ropes

Puppet state created by Japan in Manchuria

Italian volcano bread filled with cheese and herbs

Early Italian rulers who lost control to Romans

Sandra Bullock football Oscar movie

A woman's work is __

Someone who speaks out on behalf of a cause

To die from being unable to breathe

Italian term for singing style in music

In ballet a tiptoes spinning of the body

Personal driver

Real or perceived oscillation of a moon/satellite

An underlying layer