1.French for step; the cause of a social stumble?

4.Online home for articles, like an open encyclopedia.

5.Relieves discomfort by taking the edge off in daily life.

7.Spanish month name that begins the calendar year

8.Deliver harsh jokes at someone's expense on stage.

1.A keyboard instrument, or the quiet marking in music?

2.On the main, far from land.

3.Fortune-tellers by any other name?

4.Prophet who forecasts what's coming next?

6.Three-letter drinker, a relic of old slang indeed.