This is a cryptic crossword. I've used a bunch of methods (deletions, double definitions, reversals, homophones, containers, etc.) to try to find the answers, but I've only come up with "villain" for the 2nd one, "aaron" for the 3rd, and although I'm not sure I think "Talented" is the 5th. Does anyone here have any suggestions on how to be able to solve these quicker (I've been working on this for quite a while now), or any solutions? Thank you in advance!

well if you have a lion for example it will kill you and that's why you shouldn't have and exotic animal

he correct answer is choice c. promoters of ufc events were eager to work with state athletic commissions, without public pressure being a necessary inducement.

scholarship is an sc because, by definition, a subject complement is the adjective, noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb, for example the verb be (in any of its forms).

i’m pretty sure it is the second