2: One who gets up part of stairway (5)
3: Nice work - point out the beginning (9)
4: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)
5: Magician's handy craft of little importance for the auditor (7)
6: What's so crazy about belonging to a secret society? (7)
8: Limp elbows display drive (5)
9: Sounds like a bright child (3).