__ Empire dynasty centered on modern-day Germany

Metal finders of hidden treasures

Rising prices

Speaking alone as in a speech in a play

Eastern Roman emperor formed a Roman legal code

Prepared in advance or precooked e.g. potatoes

Food stabilizer from African tree sap

Last name by birth of Pope Benedict XVI

Krai and city in western Russia on Kuban River

Every __ Take; 1983 hit for The Police

__ Meyer Twilight author's first name

How fast your ticker is beating

Microsoft operating system that preceded Vista

Fleas lice and tapeworms are all __

Physicist proponent of the steady state theory