"cooktop" seems to work.
soupcon
Lantern
Improve
Locator
"Purpose", maybe?
acquire
suspend (or in an other meaning: execute)
The 7-letter word for "by this time" is "already." It conveys the sense of something that has occurred or been achieved before the present moment or a specified time.
'Deflect'
suspend (or in an other meaning: execute)
Clarify
The word Mollusk is a 7 letter word.