Still last few to get.
1. Included in confidence with you and me (8), not secateurs as this has 9 letters.
2. Historically, an English freeholder, free fro feudal service.
3. Dealers who sell commodities to each other to inflate price to outsiders (5,5)
4. To charge for work before it’s done
5. Slang for old fashioned watch (6)
6. In the bird world, when it’s up it’s down, when it’s down it’s up.......what?
1. I would go with secateurs as it is an anagram of "a secret" (confidence) with "us" (you and me).
I suggest that the compiler couldn't count the number of letters!