This is not really an answer but it may help you. There is a website called www.oneacross.com and if you put in the clue and the letters that you have, (you can use question marks for the ones you don't know) it will show you the possibilities. Good Luck!
Oedipal
The word is rodents.
Whistle
Evolves, evolved
private
shifted
transom
startle
Umm, how about "shuttle"?blotterbrittlebladderchatterclattercheddarchoppedcritterdribbleflutterflatterflipperplatterplannerscannerscattershimmershippedshoppedshutterskimmerslimmerslipperslappedslippedsloppedsmittenspinnerspotterstopperstepperstammerstutterswimmertrimmer
Amassed
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Behoove.