1. persuader of legislators   IGNOMINY   LOBBYIST   GRAVITY   LABYRINTH   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. maze   HERESY   LABYRINTH   IDIOSYNCRASY   NOTORIETY   Half-n-half Clue   3. pleasure-seeker   INNOVATION   GRAVITY   IMPETUS   HEDONIST   Half-n-half Clue   4. novel introduction   LOBBYIST   IMPETUS   HYPOTHESIS   INNOVATION   Half-n-half Clue   5. something hinted at   HYPOTHESIS   IMPLICATION   IMPUDENCE   INNOVATION   Half-n-half Clue   6. long life   NOVICE   INNOVATION   MATERIALISM   LONGEVITY   Half-n-half Clue   7. beginning   HERESY   LEVITY   INCEPTION   LOBBYIST   Half-n-half Clue