Discover the five letter secret words by the process of elimination and deduction.
Fill in the blanks with the 5 letter answers to the clues. The number in parentheses
is the number of secret word letters that are also in that particular word.
A zero next to an answer indicates that none of the letters in that word are in the secret word.
After you have determined the correct 5 letters, rearrange them to form the secret word.
No letter is repeated in any secret word or within any answer word, but every letter used
in a puzzle appears at least twice. The first letters of the answers, reading down,
spell out a hint to the secret word.
Take as many as you want. In fact, if you can do a complete section (all 9 clues, or all 7 clues)
then feel free to do so.

1.Secret Word S T O V E
Prefer F A V O R (2)
Competitor R I V A L (1)
Hairy creatures Y E T I S (3)
Surmise I N F E R (1)
Comes close N E A R S (2)
Hold tight G R A S P (1)
Swivel P I V O T (3)
Irate A N G R Y (0)
Fictional book N O V E L (3)
2.Secret Word A C I N G
Ocean cycles T I D E S (1)
Era E P O C H (1)
Low point N A D I R (3)
Neck parts N A P E S (2)
Beginning I N T R O (2)
Meager S C A N T (3)
Hunger pains P A N G S (3)
Host Philbin R E G I S (2)
Alternate O T H E R (0)
3.Secret Word S M A R T
Home planet E A R T H (3)
_____ Pyle G O M E R (2)
Boast G L O A T (2)
Sharpened H O N E D (0)
Lively spirits E L A N S (2)
Pale A S H E N (2)
Belief D O G M A (2)
4.Secret Word _ _ _ _ _
Danger _ _ _ _ _ (1)
Loren's love _ _ _ _ _ (2)
The Velvet Fog _ _ _ _ _ (3)
Thin candle _ _ _ _ _ (1)
Pixyish _ _ _ _ _ (2)
Overhaul _ _ _ _ _ (3)
Himalayan land _ _ _ _ _ (0)
5.Secret Word _ _ _ _ _
Vise _ _ _ _ _ (1)
Giraffe's kin _ _ _ _ _ (2)
Chop up _ _ _ _ _ (3)
Board _ _ _ _ _ (3)
Movie star _ _ _ _ _ (0)
Toga wearer _ _ _ _ _ (1)
Fanfare _ _ _ _ _ (2)
6.Secret Word P R I S M
Redbreast R O B I N (2)
Tailer A L T E R (1)
Motivate I M P E L (3)
Salamanders N E W T S (1)
Underneath B E L O W (0)
Milky gems O P A L S (2)
Heats W A R M S (3)
This took a while, I hope all the boomers like it...