1. irregularity   ARROGANCE   ANOMALY   AFFIRMATION   AVIARY   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. opponent   BREVITY   ADVERSARY   ARTISAN   ANOMALY   Half-n-half Clue   3. substance to counteract poison   ANTIDOTE   ARTIFACT   APIARY   AFFIRMATION   Half-n-half Clue   4. hostility   APATHY   ANTAGONISM   ANECDOTE   AVIARY   Half-n-half Clue   5. wasting away   ARTIFACT   ABSTINENCE   ADULATION   ATROPHY   Half-n-half Clue   6. restraint   ABSTINENCE   AVIARY   AVARICE   AVERSION   Half-n-half Clue   7. domination   ATROPHY   AVIARY   ASCENDANCY   AMBIVALENCE   Half-n-half Clue