1. person employed to deliver express messages.   consort   benefactor   denizen   courier   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. stubborn and unreasonable adherent of view or creed.   autocrat   contingent   bigot   curmudgeon   Half-n-half Clue   3. grotesque representation of a person.   benefactor   caricature   curator   chauvinist   Half-n-half Clue   4. enemy or antagonist.   apologist   arbiter   adversary   cynosure   Half-n-half Clue   5. person with morbid dread of enclosed spaces.   cadaver   anthropologist   adversary   claustrophobe   Half-n-half Clue   6. dictator or ruler having absolute powers.   atheist   demagogue   artisan   autocrat   Half-n-half Clue   7. blatantly patriotic person; zealous adherent of cause.   clientele   charlatan   barrister   chauvinist   Half-n-half Clue