Challenge #1

You're clueless till the end in tis teaser. Each hint below ends in a five-letter word. All you have to do is rearrange the letters in the last word of each phrase and you'll be able to fill in the blank.

Ex: Craft that might tip in the ocean C A N O E

1. Bit of brush          
2. Opposite of unite          
3. Jottings of a steno          
4. They affix without paste          
5. Having less reason for fears          
6. Animal that may need a shoer          
7. It doesn't necessarily bring rain, but it could          
8. Weapon that a cavalryman bears          
9. Feeling about a poisonous adder          
10. Feature on which a tyre might be rated          
11. Dangerous thing for an alcoholic to begin          
12. You cover a mattress with one of these          

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