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I need help with these Cryptic Crossword clues.

1.) Support big brass in return (4) ( _ B _ _ )

2.) Abstract item Poe rewrote (7) (E _ _ _ O _ _ )

3.) Hip, hottest smash was very satisfying (3, 3, 4)
( _ _ _ T _ E _ _ _ T )

4.) Loyalty, for example, in union (10)
( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ )

5.) Arcadian friend embraces fur trader (8)
( _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ )

2.) Abstract item Poe rewrote (7) (E _ _ _ O _ _ )

EPITOME

3.) Hip, hottest smash was very satisfying (3, 3, 4)
( _ _ _ T _ E _ _ _ T )

HIT THE SPOT

5.) Arcadian friend embraces fur trader (8)
( _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ )

PAL round something - PARADISAL?

i Abut , Tuba back

4. All(eg)iance
5. P(Astor)al, the Astor fur trading company

Sorry just three more, sooo stuck on these...

1.) Back of mind occupied by trouble (4,3)
T _ _ _ E _ D

2.) Four aliens return to hold a private conversation
(4-1-4)
N _ T _ A _ _ _ E
3.) After college, jet handy (6)
_ S _ _ _ E
4.) Newspaper piece about Indiana sounded off (6)
O _ _ _ _ _

1. T(ail) end
2. Tete- a- tete, et x 4 reversed round a
3. Usable, U = university + sable = jet as in black

4? Opined, Op-ed round In (Indiana)

Thanks for the help. I have one more and I will be done

Heard upper limit is closing (7)

S _ A _ I N G

Sealing, sounds like ceiling. Glad to help.