The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. You cover a mattress with one of these
2. Feature on which I tire might be rated
3. Weapon that a cavalryman bears
4. Feeling about a poisonous adder
5. Craft that might tip over in the ocean
6. It doesn't necessarily bring rain, but it could
7. Dangerous thing for an alcoholic to begin

Answers:

The last word in each sentence can be anagrammed to answer the clue:

1. sheet
2. tread
3. saber
4. dread
5. canoe
6. cloud
7. binge