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 Athletics race 2 Hurried 3 Small torn strip 4 Group of large animals 5 Blushing 6 Cherished 7 Hair growth on the lower face 8 Creature that lives in a sett 9 Body of soldiers