23 Cryptic Crosswords - Take the same bit from a number of words

For Blaugust this year I decided to publish a series of cryptic crossword posts.
I'm aiming for one a day.

Many of our friends over the years have said that cryptic crosswords don't make sense. They certainly do play with your mind, and that is why I take delight in them.  I love the surprising discovery inside a puzzle and the challenge of twisting the usual thought patterns and making them do something different.

Sometimes you are asked to take the same part (for instance the centre, or the front ) from a series of words in a row to make up your final answer.

We recently had two of these rare ones in  the same crossword (Advertiser 12/2/16)

Sharp back and side kick to the middle (6)
Straight clue is sharp
Then you need to take the centres of three different words to make the word you want.
Take the centre of
Back
Side
Kick.... and what do you get??? Acidic!!
Sharp =acidic


Light centre of path and hall for the very young (8) 
This one had an extra bit added for more fun, and was almost the last word solved on the day due to these tricky convolutions.

Straight clue is on the end (the very young)
Start with a light (neon)
Then add the centre of path and hall (atal)
Put them together and you have..... neonatal!!!

You can't help but love it.


cook can have extra fries for starters (4)
I puzzled over this one for ages.
In this case the starters is the indicator showing that you need to take the start from a number of words
"Cook" is the straight clue
Look closely and you see that the start of consecutive words will give you CHEF

Later I came across another one which I couldn't resist adding.
Funny details of fish and rodents (5) Advertiser 8/9/16
Funny is the straight clue
We could see what the answer might be based on this clue alone as it seemed to end in "ic"
Details indicates that we take the tails off of fish and rodents.
If you take the last bits off of cod and mice you end up with Co and mic.
Can you figure out the answer????



Indicators:

• .... and... in the middle
• Centre of ..... and.....
• Details

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.