all answers have cryptic clues i.e not future or past = present
1) opening for an advertisment (6) 2) silent around (6) 3) mis the sound of a clock with a musical composition (8) 4) why why why just the male population (5,4,3) 5) cloud the french part of the foot (9) 6) abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz (4 or 6)