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Workings

Hint
One of the words starts and ends with T.

Answers
eve    = level able   = tablet carve  = scarves as     = ease, hash, sass on     = gong, sons ode    = codec, modem elude  = deluded ape    = lapel ate    = dated, rater rod    = erode

Workings

Hint
Look at the initial letters.

Answer
Elephant.

The initial letters form the word ECLIPSE, so any animal beginning with E will work.

Workings

Hint
The eleven-letter word begins with the letter I.

Answer
Investigate.
bake = bike swap = snap opal = oval dyed = deed idle = isle snow = stow lump = limp aces = ages melt = malt spun = stun rant = rent

Workings

Hint
A little algebra might help.

Answer
I asked for 7 feet, 4 inches, but Alex brought me 4 feet, 7 inches.

Reasoning
If we label what I asked for as A feet and B inches, which is (12 x A + B) inches, then I actually received B feet and A inches, which is (12 x B + A) inches. Which means that:

   ⁵/₈ x (12 x A + B) = (12 x B + A)

Simplifying gives:

   A = ⁹¹/₅₂ x B

As B is the number of inches, it can only be between 1 and 12 and must give A as a whole number of feet.

B = 4 is the only possible value, which means that A = 7.

So I originally asked for 7 feet, 4 inches.

Double-Checking
I received 4 feet, 7 inches = 55 inches.

I asked for 7 feet, 4 inches = 88 inches, and 88 x ⁵/₈ = 55.