Possible Clues:

• Beast with bony plate to rear
• How the layer turns up alive
• It's the layer's turn to be lively
• How the layer turns living like this
• Layer this up to make it live
• An assortment of mail for the brute
• Non-vegetarian, I'm allowed to eat one?
• Layer this up in a beastly way
• Possibly bear plate upwards
• Layer up only half of 8 across