1. guile   DILIGENCE   DUPE   DIMINUTION   DUPLICITY   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. great difference   DETERRENT   DISPARITY   EULOGY   ENERVATION   Half-n-half Clue   3. hard work   EXCERPT   DIMINUTION   DILIGENCE   DISSONANCE   Half-n-half Clue   4. decrease   ENERVATION   ELOQUENCE   DIMINUTION   EXCERPT   Half-n-half Clue   5. boredom   ENNUI   EXCERPT   DUPLICITY   ENIGMA   Half-n-half Clue   6. difference   DISCREPANCY   DISPARITY   DURATION   DISINCLINATION   Half-n-half Clue   7. extract from book or film   EXCERPT   EUPHEMISM   ENMITY   ENNUI   Half-n-half Clue