
Did you notice the 7 dated expressions?
Who blows thar? SHE [she = boat]
Kissers YAPS
Tit for ___ TAT
Silver encouragement? HIYO [Lone Ranger's horse was named Silver]
Take a load off SIT
"Far out!" RAD
And the theme's seldom used, BREAKTHEICE [the letters i-c-e are in the the long answers]

I had never heard of the video game hero Duke NUKEM, but the name reminds me of the great Dodger's of the '50's,
Duke Snider and Carl
Newcomb /nukem/.