So far, my own loose editing and very loose sorting summarizes the entries as:
are, ace
bean, bear, bare, bin, brine, brane?, brain, brair, bribe, brace
brie, bane, babe, ban
care, car, cab, crab, crib, can, carbine!, crane, cane, cairn!, crier,
ear,
ire, ice,
nib, near, nice
rib, rabbi, ran, rain, rein, rice, race
To which I'll add:
cabin,
acre, narc?, nab...