[Vanishing Act]

Instructions

The letters in the word at the top are slowly disappearing. Jumble the letters in the top row to get the clued word. For each line below it, the starred tile has turned into a new letter, and that letter will occupy that position for the rest of the puzzle. Keep up with the changes and solve the rest of the words.
Example:

Next stop after the frying pan [E] [F] [R] [I]
Chasm [*] [F] [R] [I]
Musical group [ ] [*] [R] [I]
Enthusiastic about [ ] [ ] [*] [I]
Settlement [ ] [ ] [ ] [*]

Answer: Next stop... - FIRE, Chasm - RIFT, Musical... - TRIO, Enthusiastic... - INTO, Settlement - TOWN

Chemical element [B] [E] [I] [M] [N] [O] [R]
Put together [B] [E] [I] [M] [N] [O] [*]
Bacterium, maybe [B] [E] [I] [M] [*] [O] [ ]
Kind of exercise [B] [E] [I] [*] [ ] [O] [ ]
Quality [B] [E] [I] [ ] [ ] [*] [ ]
News piece [*] [E] [I] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
What good diamonds have [ ] [*] [I] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Balls are made of it [ ] [ ] [*] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

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