1. ARTICULATE   untrue   clear and coherent   hard-working   daring   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. CARPING   clear and coherent   finding fault   friendly   not encouraging   Half-n-half Clue   3. ALOOF   distant   reachable   daring   obscure   Half-n-half Clue   4. ABSTRUSE   critical   obscure   dry   quarrelsome   Half-n-half Clue   5. AUTONOMOUS   suitable for growing crops   self-governing   ascetic   quarrelsome   Half-n-half Clue   6. ASTUTE   out-of-date   shrewd   reachable   distant   Half-n-half Clue   7. BLIGHTED   bitter   comparable   quarrelsome   suffering from disease   Half-n-half Clue