| It carries genetic information |
DNA |
| It holds a ship |
ANCHOR |
| It's passed in a relay race |
BATON |
| Mend |
REPAIR |
| Musical pace |
TEMPO |
| Orb, ball |
GLOBE |
| Principal Christian church in a diocese |
CATHEDRAL |
| Quick or adept |
ADROIT |
| Rule as a sovereign |
REIGN |
| Seize and take control without authority |
ARROGATE |
| Sheath for a dagger |
SCABBARD |
| Small fragments |
SCRAPS |
| Spreading out, growing |
EXPANDING |
| They feed on carrion |
VULTURES |
| Thieving |
STEALING |
| Tracks, routes |
PATHS |
| Tree for the fire? |
ASH |
| Unpleasantly humid |
CLAMMY |
