1. like a toy Elmo (8 letters)
TICKLISH
2. one of the giblets (7 letters)
GIZZARD
3. villain in “Othello” (4 letters)
IAGO
4. potato famine site of 1740s (7 letters)
IRELAND
5. savage (9 letters)
FEROCIOUS
6. watching over (10 letters)
PROTECTIVE
7. forceful (4 letters)
HARD