1. Matters under discussion for those paying allegiance (8) -u---c-s
2. Get up earlier, being unable to settle (8) ---t-e-s
3. A little pest to escape from, we hear (4) ---a
4. Brave an unpleasant situation, as conductors do (4,3,5) ---,-h-,----c
5. Precisely on the beat without a minute to spare (4,2,4) ----,i-,----