Answers to Pepper49

1. farmer (9 letters)
SODBUSTER

2. metal abbreviated Sb (8 letters)
ANTIMONY

3. handing over a criminal (11 letters)
EXTRADITION

4. four pecks (6 letters)
BUSHEL

5. chilled (4 letters)
ICED

6. Iowa, Illinois, et al. (7 letters)
MIDWEST

7. rude (8 letters)
IMPOLITE