1. briefness   ARTISAN   ANTAGONISM   BREVITY   AVARICE   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. opponent   ATROPHY   ARTIFACT   ADVERSARY   BRAGGART   Half-n-half Clue   3. short story   ANTIDOTE   APPREHENSION   AVIARY   ANECDOTE   Half-n-half Clue   4. hardship   APPREHENSION   AVERSION   ADVERSITY   ANOMALY   Half-n-half Clue   5. hostility   ACCOLADE   ASYLUM   ANTAGONISM   ABSTINENCE   Half-n-half Clue   6. advocate of abolishing authority   ANARCHIST   ASCENDANCY   AVIARY   ADVERSITY   Half-n-half Clue   7. restraint   AVERSION   APPREHENSION   ABSTINENCE   ANTIDOTE   Half-n-half Clue