Not just for grannies these days:
TINT KING
Knitting
A defensive embankment with a parapet on top
a rampart
Barely perceptible, like a pale outline on paper
faint
An event that can be lunar, or it can mean "to outshine"
an eclipse
Gynarchy
a woman
Get behind the wheel:
TRY POET
Pottery
This brand that popularized food processors in the '70s became a trademark of the Conair Corporation
Cuisinart
Something that holds you in place to protect you--or others
a restraint
Let's give a round of applause for this ornate light fixture
a chandelier
Gerontocracy
the elderly
It's what you yeast expect:
GRIN WEB
Brewing
To disrupt a plan is to "upset" this item used to display fruit
the apple cart
Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way
quaint
It's another word for a splinter in your finger
a sliver
Anarchy
nobody
Watch the fishies;
NON RISK GEL
Snorkeling
Someone who talks so much of this own achievements that it annoys other people
a braggart
To make someone aware of something
acquaint
We'll go out on a limb & say it's another term for a parable
an allegory
Mesocracy (this class)
the middle class
Don't let Fluffy see what you're doing;
MY DIRT AXE
Taxidermy
A very loyal friend or supporter
a stalwart
A statement of dissatisfaction; Shakespeare wrote a poem called "A Lover's" one about a wronged woman
complaint
Listen up! Or sit down! Either way, you're "in" these when you have an unpaid debt
arrears
Ergatocracy
the workers