Brickwork

Enter the solutions to the clues in their numbered layers of the wall. Each word must be an anagram of its neighbours, plus or minus one letter.

1 Pole on a mattress frame 2 Tyrant, dictator 3 Oily basil sauce 4 Pace 5 Gerbil or goldfish? 6 Cassette 7 Colourful flower part 8 Principal dietary component 9 Follower of Jesus