Day#1 clue: part of eyelids = i

Part of eyelids = i? Like part of noodle = o?

*puts pot of water on to boil - big pot*

These 2 recently appeared in your "cryptic clues":

5. Tidbits of mushrooms stuffed with pinch of sage (7)
in solution: pinch of sage = s

12. Southern cornbread and a piece of chicken stored in jars (8)
in solution: piece of chicken = c

So does that mean that "part of eyelids" MUST = e (1st letter)?

I'll change my clue then:

Rodents go blind after removal of fifth of eyelids?(4)

Yes, e or ey, or eye. You can fairly take up to the first three letters, I'd say. Otherwise, the segment needs to be written differently.

Agree because you wield the noodle!
Otherwise, disagree (but without being disagreeable!).

Denis, you're never disagreeable. You just can't clue a single random letter out of a word. Not even in the UK. That's why we use words like first, last, ultimate, initially, or else abbreviations.

I don't want to "win" because I wield the noodle, I want to win because (a) I'm female and (b) I'm right.

Yes dear.....

...I'm waving the white flag...

Well, probably "too wordie like", so I'll rewrite the clue:

Rodents held in possum icebox! (4) one i

mice (hidden word)

mice (hidden word)

How did the other ones work?

Hahaa! Beaten by seconds.

Great minds think alike

OK, what was the answer to the first one you wrote, Denis?