1. person who is helpless and homeless; abandoned child.   waif   sophist   supernumerary   testator   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. substitute or authorized agent.   waif   proxy   quack   yokel   Half-n-half Clue   3. person who receives.   purveyor   recipient   spendthrift   swindler   Half-n-half Clue   4. person with morbid tendency to set things on fire.   somnambulist   pugilist   pyromaniac   psychopath   Half-n-half Clue   5. unprincipled person or one given to sin.   reprobate   stalwart   purveyor   sluggard   Half-n-half Clue   6. attendants following a great person.   pundit   sadist   tanner   retinue   Half-n-half Clue   7. traitor or person who changes sides.   turncoat   skinflint   vintner   stalwart   Half-n-half Clue