Across
Little character shown by husband in corporation occupying permanent residence (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ H(abbrev. for “husband”) contained in ( in ) TUM(short for “tummy”/stomach/corporation) ] contained in ( occupying ) TOMB(in which one is buried and can be said to permanently reside in).
Main country for monster (6)
Defective directive defended by agent (6)
Machine gun dude fed to a Scot surreptitiously (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAT(like “dude”, slang for a guy/man) contained in ( fed to ) anagram of ( … surreptitiously ) A SCOT .
Curious things I see with cat or cuckoo (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … cuckoo ) [ I SEE plus ( with ) CAT OR ].
Home of fried chicken and pork pie for pop icon (5)
Cricket side takes part of wicket out for a while? (2,4)
Swift – doing what it does? (6)
Thief looking at gull from behind (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … from behind ) [ RE(with reference to/at, as in, “she was good at lying”) + TOOL(a gull/a person who is fooled into being exploited).
Those from outskirts of 21 across on posh carriage (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ L AND D ][ 1st and last letters of ( Those from outskirts of ) of “Libya”/solution to 21 across ] plus ( on ) U(letter signifying “posh”/upper class).
Country found coming through Mali by air (5)
Spooner's admonishment to ankle-biting chickens, the tops! (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Spoonerism of “no low pecks!”(possibly, an admonishment to chickens to stop pecking/biting at one’s ankles).
Bird sanctuary foreign to herons (3,5)
By the sound of it, albatross an albatross? (6)
Issue securing pile, able to click into place (4-2)
Movement of turntable perhaps derailing train too (8)
Down
One bird or another dropping head (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“fowl”(another bird) minus ( dropping ) its 1st letter ( head ).
That is an expression of pain in 16 down? (2,3)
Little rubbish is endured with ultimate character incarcerated (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( rubbish ) IS ENDURED containing ( with … incarcerated ) Z(ultimate character in the English alphabet).
Tick caught by mite cut in half (6)
Last seen of vegetarianism, then swallow – this? (4)
Parrot perhaps – when sick? (5-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
What you might call a bird, an example of which/perhaps is a parrot, when it is sick/dicky.
Vulnerable type meeting bird (7,4)
Canary, relative of 8 down? (5,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
How you might describe a distant relative of a “sitting duck”/solution of 8 down – another species of bird that is sitting on a stool, literally.
Gal with rook mistaken, however, for the Sparrow from Minsk (4,6)
Explosive device in birdcage, say? (5,4)
2 down that smells (6)
Heron bagged by hunter, gentleman from the south (5)
American diver – turkey, dodo or drongo? (4)
Music genre, 'ouse arising (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue