local paper cryptic crossword

[charity-baker47]

stuck on a few this weekend
cheer in japanese(6) -a---i
false stargazer lost rag, perhaps(6) -r-a--
proverbially,all the wayto a place in Mali(8) ---b---u
newsgroups employ mesh in name only(6)
place to get well(8) o-l---l-
excellant Kingston doctor(8) s-o---n-
Thanks in advance

[bookbinder]

1 banzai

[Captain2]

3 Timbuktu

[bookbinder]

6 oilfield

[Captain2]

5 Oilfield

[sandyRoe]

1 Banzai
4 Timbuktu
6 oilfield

[boxtops]

5 webnet?

[boxtops]

last one - stonking means excellent, and is an anagram of Kingston - but I don't know where Doctor fits in!

[Captain2]

2 Ersatz

[bookbinder]

Boxtops: "doctor" might mean to doctor (i.e. fiddle about with) the clue?

[boxtops]

Yes, good point, makes sense now!

[charity-baker47]

thank you all. nearly finished now but could anybody confirm a couple for me
a big pot of magic(8) I have cauldron
be, deep down, beneath the bed(8) u-d-r-i- ( could it be under-i-)