AUNTIE  ANT

Each clue can be answered by a word ending in ANT. For example, a traveling aunt is ITINERANT.

1. A sweet-smelling aunt
2. A despotic aunt
3. A homeless, jobless aunt
4. A hard, stubborn, unyielding aunt
5. A spicy aunt
6. An obvious, conspicuous aunt
7. A cancerous aunt
8. An aunt who is the strongest or most important
9. A tax and financial expert aunt
10. An aunt who's always in a huff
11. A totally uninformed aunt
12. A beggar aunt
13. A harsh-sounding  aunt
14. An impertinent aunt
15. A jelly-making aunt
16. A standing water aunt
17. A really big aunt

Answers:

1. Fragrant
2. Tyrant
3. Vagrant
4. Adamant
5. Piquant
6. Flagrant
7. Malignant
8. Predominant
9. Accountant
10. Indignant
11. Ignorant
12. Mendicant
13. Discordant
14. Flippant
15. Currant
16. Stagnant
17. Giant