Live $5/$5/$10: Hero opens and gets... 5 callers lol. What'd you do?

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Live $5/$5/$10: Hero opens and gets... 5 callers lol. What'd you do?

I played this hand badly and need some feedback as to how I could've played it better:

Live full ring $5/$5 with UTG $10 straddle.
Hero UTG1 ($850, TAG) Kc Qc opens $35.
- V1 MP (~$400, TPP) calls
- V2 CO (~$400, sticky loose reg) calls
- V3 BTN (~$800, competent TAG) calls
- V4 SB (~$400, loose passive) calls
- V5 UTG (~350, unknown) completes straddle
6 ways to the flop lol :)

Flop ($210): Ac Kd Js
- Action checks around
Question 1: With this many players, and me being the PFR (Qc in hand blocking some straights, BDFR/SD etc) do you like the check here or prefer a small (1/3pot) c-bet here to thin the field/get weaker aces to fold?

Turn ($210): 2c
- V4 in SB leads for $125. V5 UTG calls, I call. Remaining villains fold.
Question 2: with the turn bringing in a nut flush draw for me, do you like the call or prefer a raise to squeeze out either V's?
Question 3: does raising on the turn play my hand face up? Or does both raising and calling do that? Which is the better play?

River ($585): Kd
- V4 in SB checks, V5 snap jams for remaining stack of roughly 1/2pot, I call, V4 folds. V5 shows A3o and Hero scoops.
-- Side note: V4 says he had AT (don't know if suited or off suit)

I didn't like anything about how I played this hand b/c although I won the pot, I feel there were better ways to set up playing it on the flop and turn. I remember during the hand I was thinking about how I needed to tighten up playing this hand on that flop with so many players but also thinking about how being the PFR from essentially UTG, I could easily c-bet the flop small to build the pot/get V's who missed the flop to fold. Then with the turn, I remember thinking about how it would've been perfect to continue betting, building the pot, etcetc. Then jamming any safe river. Hate being results-oriented... like even though I won the pot, I lost value by not building it up.

Critique my play!

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