Answers to Pepper39

1. duke or count (10 letters)
ARISTOCRAT

2. tart vegetable cooked in pies (7 letters)
RHUBARB

3. obeyed orders (8 letters)
COMPLIED

4. vexing (10 letters)
BOTHERSOME

5. by the book (7 letters)
LEGALLY

6. textbook user (10 letters)
INSTRUCTOR

7. more soda (6 letters)
REFILL