Answer:
What eight letter word has "kst" in middle, in the beginning and at the end?
It makes me warm and secure.
A big shiny black car nobody wants to be a passenger in.
I'm a long curved fruit that grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe.
What has no hands but might knock on your door, and if it does you better open up?
What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.