Sun Express Skeleton

[redglenys]

Stuck on a few help please
1a choose :cut: over :cut up: (5) i?c?d
9a girl married to Ira described (7) o?r?n?a
11a the sun? Express is thinner (7)s?l?e?t solvent?
20a pig out in the open has real heart (7) ??????t
13d see about securing mechanism (5) c???k
14d bird always ascending without energy (5)c???d
18d poet not quite the best around goes seconds (5) e?I?t Eliot or exist

[dannyk13]

Diced
Miranda
Solvent
Overeat
Clock
Reeve
Eliot

[redglenys]

Thank you dannyk13. Still stuck on last one
15d beliefs native Americans had (5) c?e?d creed ? Could not parse it though

[donny48]

There is a native tribe called the Cree

[Toorak]

Cree (ha)d

Cree were a Native American tribe

[donny48]

I can only assume the "d" comes from had.

[dannyk13]

Cree'd

[redglenys]

Thank you both