Cryptic clues

[Animals4me]

Good Morning everyone! Hope there are some kind and clever people who could assist with answers for the following. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

1) High speed iron follows half the way out. (7 letters)
2) Bean stew with beginners effort first to qualify. ( 6 letters)
3) Place where God turns in the French, (5 letters)
4) One in sales drove around the north. ( 6 letters).
5) Country man in a rain storm. (9 letters)
6) New eyeglass doesn't have happy end but is eternal. (7 letters)
7) Bearings before fruit died were drugged. ( 7 letters)
8) Checks are heartlessly evil in times. ( 6 letters).

[bibblebub]

1) express
2) enable

4) vendor

6) ageless
7) sedated
8) delays ?

[rabbit111]

3) LODGE

I'm doing this crossword too! have you got - propelling without first flying. 6letters O???NG