1. unsuspected danger   RECONCILIATION   ORATOR   PITFALL   OBLIVION   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. showy display   PESSIMISM   PIETY   OPTIMIST   OSTENTATION   Half-n-half Clue   3. nearness   OBLIVION   PACIFIST   OPTIMIST   PROXIMITY   Half-n-half Clue   4. occurrence or fact   OBLIVION   QUANDARY   OSTENTATION   PHENOMENON   Half-n-half Clue   5. former occupant of position   PHENOMENON   RECONCILIATION   PIETY   PREDECESSOR   Half-n-half Clue   6. animal preying on others   PREDECESSOR   ORATOR   PREDATOR   PARSIMONY   Half-n-half Clue   7. outcast   PITFALL   PARIAH   PESSIMISM   REBUTTAL   Half-n-half Clue