Is either of these correct grammar-wise? "We wouldn't have needed to take sandwiches." "We wouldn't need to have taken sandwiches."

Is the sentence below correct or does it have to say 'talk' instead of 'talking'? 'If he has criticisms to make of me I wish he would tell me to my face rather than talking behind my back.'

Why 'He acts tough' instead of 'toughly'? Is "act" one of those verbs followed by an adverb without -ly?

About the word 'yet': Are both sentences correct? 'Have you got your ideas in order yet?' 'Do you have your ideas in order yet?' The meaning is the same, right?! But is it correct to use 'yet' with the present simple? Thank you!

Is this sentence grammatically correct? It's from a native speaker's newsletter, but I have some issues about it. 'Up until a few days ago, I have not been handling this lockdown situation that most of us have found ourselves in very well.'

Make sb. doing sth.? 'By highlighting his failure in a lighthearted way, G. had the audience eating out of his hand.' I thought this structure to normally be "have sb do sth". In which cases am I to use "have sb doing sth" like in the example above?

Tie in/up with 'I was also puzzled, as it didn't tie up with what I read in the referral.' Is this sentence correct? I wonder whether it wouldn't be better to say "tie in with".

adjectives How do I know when to say for example "majestic" and when "majestical", "historic" and "historical", and so on? Thank you for explaining to me!

Like or want Is it correct to say 'I don't like speaking about it now'. Or is 'like' exclusively for habitual pleasures and I need to say 'I don't want to speak about it now'.?