Local Cryptic - Few Tricky Ones

[pantonsteve]

1 girl loses a messenger [5] a????
2 turn off left in desert [7] d?????? - diverge ?
3 sea-cow made a hole on ground initially [6] ?u?o?? - dugout ?
4 support professional with young animal [4,2] ???p ?? steP UP ?
5 chaos had been cut short by very old civic head [5] mayor ? solely as its 5 letters and civic head ?
6 metal worker who is more successful than the team of experts [5,6] penny sth ?

[Captain2]

1 Angel(a)

[Captain2]

4 Pro-p up

[Captain2]

3 Dug-on-g (a sea-cow)

[Captain2]

5 Hav(e)-o-c

[Captain2]

2 Def-l-ect

[pantonsteve]

thanks for those - i've now gleaned that 6 is panel beater and clue 2 is now d???e??

[Captain2]

Sorted now then Steve. :))