Local Crossword, Cryptic. Please Can You Help?

[tarasmum]

1d. A number expelled are downcast (8) - - j - c - e (could this be dejected)

4d They're known for insurance, in the main. (6) - - o - e -

6d Time to finish is what poets need (5) e -a -e (could this be enage)
1a Get down from this perhaps (4) - - c -
3a No danger signal (3,5) --- c - - - r (could this be all clear)

Thanks in anticipation, Tarasmum

[sandyRoe]

yes. 500=d + ejected

[factor-fiction]

1dYes- D (number 500) + ejected (expelled)= dejected (downcast)

[mac44]

1a. duck

[sandyRoe]

1a Duck

[factor-fiction]

1a duck

[factor-fiction]

all clear seems okay- it's a signal for 'no danger'

[kettledrum]

4d Lloyds

[factor-fiction]

Main could be 'sea'; Lloyds?

[kettledrum]

6d Era to .... Muse of poetry

[tarasmum]

Thank you all. I can't choose a best answer - y6ou were all really helpful. Tarasmum

[factor-fiction]

I'd go for whoever gave the most correct answers (even if they were not always first to answer)